PSYC 2283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pessimism, Cognitive Therapy, Determinism
8 Dec 2016
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Psyc 2283 lecture 12 bandura: social cognitive theory. Evolution of behavioural views to more cognitive approaches is apparent in the work of. Albert bandura: humans are agents, rather than passive recipients of external stimuli, effects of environment, such as reward and punishment, are not ignored, but other causes are added in this theory. Additional causes mainly involve thinking and symbolic processing of information: goes beyond basic stimulus-response formulation and includes the individual and uniquely human factors (s-o-r): stimulus-organism-response. The central human characteristic is plasticity: an emphasis on vicarious learning. Rely on behavioural, environmental, and personal factors. Triadic reciprocal causation model: chance encounters and fortuitous events are important environmental factors. Humans have the capacity to exercise control over the nature and quality of their lives. Theory had concepts of: self-efficacy, proxy agency, collective efficacy. People regulate themselves through both internal and external factors. In morally ambiguous situations, people regulate themselves through moral agency.
