PSY 3303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Walter Mischel, Albert Bandura, Trait Theory

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Social-cognitive theory (sct) has roots in behavioural/learning tradition. 50s: some theorists shifted from skinner boxes to social learning: the acquisition of new patterns of behaviour by humans acting in a social world. Sct is also partly rooted in george kelly"s study of cognition, including the cognitive structures people use to to interpret events. To social-cognitivist theorists (sc), psychoanalysts overemphasize unconscious forces and the influence of early childhood experience. Sc place greater emphasis on conscious self-reflection and argue that critical development processes occur throughout life (not just in childhood) Sct rejects the behaviouristic argument that environmental stimuli control behaviour: they believe that people have the ability of self-control, cognitive abilities enable people to shape their own development. Also allow people to learn new patterns of behaviour by observation, or. Primary sc: albert bandura and walter wischel: focus on different aspects of personality functioning, but their contributions complement one another. P. 368 table 12. 1 distinguishing features of sct.

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