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Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura -Social Cognitive Theory
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
12/08/2008

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chance encounter:
Definition
unintended meeting of persons unfamiliar to each other
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Human Agency
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foundation:self efficacy
the beleive that people can and do exercise a measure of control over their lives
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4 features of human agency:
Definition
1.intentionalility-planning and actions
2.forethought-to set goals, anticipate outcomes
3.self reactiveness-motivating and regulating actions
4. self-reflectiveness-examine their functioning and evaluate their motives
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fortuitous events:
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an environmental experience that is unexpected and unintended
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self efficacy:
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peoples belief in their capability to exercise some control over their own functioning and over environmental events-can be low and high
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4 contributions to self efficacy:
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1.master experiences- past performances
2.social modeling-watching others-best when similar
3.social persuasion-character of persuader influential
4.physical and emotional states-strong emotion lowers performances-arousal my help
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self regulation:
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when people have high levels of self efficacy, are confident in their reliance on proxies, they will have considerable control over their own behavior
uses reactive strategies-takes away obstacle between goal and proactive strategies-produces higher and newer goals
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internal factors of self regulation:
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1. self observation-monitoring own performances-one at a time based on interests and self conceptions
2.judgmental process-evaluation personal performances based on personal standards
3.self reaction-react positive or negative depending on how performance ranked in our personal standards
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performance attribution:
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the causes of our behavior
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Selective activation:
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self regulatory influences only work when engaged or activated
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Disengagement:
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people justify morality of behavior by disengaging themselves from the consequences of their behavior
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process of disengagement:
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1.redifine the nature of behavior
2.minimize, ignore or distort consequences of behavior
3.blame or dehumanize the victim
4.displace or diffuse responsability
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3 ways we redefine the nature of behavior
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1.moreal justification
2.palliative comparisons-what i did wasnt as bad as so and so
3.euphemistic labels-pretty name for ugly actions
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bandura's view on learning:
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learn through direct experiances
or observational experiances
1.attention
2.representation
3.behavioral production
4.motivation
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