CMP 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Social Learning Theory
6 Nov 2017
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People who believe that intelligence can be changed are incrementalists; they take on challenges and attribute failure to task difficulty or failure to work hard. Culture and achievement: east asians constitute one large group who tend to be incrementalists and who thereby gain the benefit of hard work and improved ability. Blocking stereotype threat in the classroom: when minority group members are persuaded that their ability is under their control, they perform at higher levels. The same is true when they are asked to think about their goals in life and how to achieve them. Social fears and academic achievement: social fears can hold back minority group members from immersing themselves in the academic enterprise. Teaching with telenovelas: entertainment-education, based on albert bandura"s social learning theory, can have a big impact on the likelihood that people will avoid risky behavior and pursue beneficial goals.
