PSY 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Cognitive Theory, Walter Mischel, Albert Bandura

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 505
• Professor: Alasdair Goodwill

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Social-cognitive theory has its origins in behavioural/learning tradition. Origi(cid:374)all(cid:455) (cid:862)so(cid:272)ial-lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:863), (cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:862)so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e(cid:863) to e(cid:373)phasise: (1) cognitive processes in analyses of personality, and (2) the social context (situation) We learn and acquire our thoughts about ourselves through interaction with the environment. Psychodynamic overemphasise the unconscious- recognises the unconscious processes but believe the conscious processes are of greater importance. Behaviourism too focused on the external environments effect on people (one-way causation) Classic conditioning pavlov"s dog (stimulus behaviour) Operant conditioning reward and punishment (reward behaviour: two main figures: walter mischel & albert bandura. Albert bandura (born december 4, 1925, in mundare, alberta, canada) David starr jordan professor emeritus of social science in psychology at stanford university. Over a career spanning almost six decades, bandura has been responsible for groundbreaking contributions to many fields of psychology: was influential in the transition between behaviorism and cognitive psychology.