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Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory
The concept of the self has been addressed by many psychology theorists. Self-concept and self-esteem are considered to be the feelings and constructs that people experience in relation to themselves. The idea that self-concept and self-esteem are closely linked to people's abilities to deal with changes and issues in their lives -- and to provide some measure of control over what happens to them -- is documented widely in the work of psychologists from the social cognitive branch of psychology (Bandura, 2002). Self-esteem is the evaluative and affective dimension of the self-concept (Mann, 2004).
How does Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory help us to understand Annie's comment "I just can't do this writing stuff"? Bandura developed a construct known as self-system (Cherry, 2011). The self-system posited by Bandura consisted of a person's abilities, cognitive skills, and attitudes, and further, it impacts how people perceive situations and how they...
Annie's self-esteem is based on her assessments of how she fits in the world. As such, her self-assessments are based on her observations, perceptions, and the feedback she receives from those around her.
What might be the sources of Annie's low self-efficacy beliefs related to her writing beliefs? Annie's has quite obviously not adopted "the high academic aspirations imposed" on her (Zimmerman, et al., 1992). Bandura theorized that self-efficacy arises from the early childhood experiences that provide feedback about our capabilities, talents, and situations (Cherry, 2011). Bandura further postulated that self-efficacy continues to develop throughout the lifetimes of people as they learn new information, develop deeper understandings, acquire new skills, and develop latent talents that have laid dormant (Bandura, 1992). Bandura identified self-efficacy contributors as follows: Mastery experiences, social modeling, social persuasion, and our own…
The cognitive self consists of our self-knowledge -- all that we know or believe that we know about ourselves. The affective self is the felt or emotional self, while the executive self is the active or behavioral self that is evident in human agency (Bandura, 2001). Considering the multiplicity of the self, it is apparent that these interdependencies do not permit Annie to easily separate her feelings from her perceptions from her self-concept.
Bandura described self-efficacy as "the belief in one's capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required to manage prospective situations" (1995, p. 2). That is, a person's perception or belief in his or her capacity to be successful in certain situations is colored by that individual's self-efficacy (Cherry, 2011). What people believe, Bandura argued, acts as a determinant of their behavior, feelings, and thoughts (Bandura, 1994). Bandura stressed the influence of observational learning and social experience on behavior -- he also theorized the importance of reciprocal determinism on personality development (Cherry, 2011).
How could you apply social cognitive theory to helping Annie become more confident and successful in her writing skills? The principles of observational learning and reciprocal determinism can be directly employed to assist Annie to change her perceptions of her writing skills. Writing tasks can be assigned for which there is no right or wrong set of standards. Memoir writing or interviewing or transcribing oral interviews are all examples where writing stems
Self-Regulation Bandura understands that the development of self is influenced by the environment but that the individual also has significant responsibility of determinism that makes the individual responsible for his or her behaviors. According to Boeree self-regulation is absolutely essential to behavior control and provides the backbone of human personality. Boeree describes the three steps that Bandura suggests that contribute to self-regulation; self-observation, or the process of observing our own behavior
Teaching methods tend to be highly structured and teacher directed. Bandura's theory suggests an alternative form of classroom practice with respect to fostering student agentic self-regulation. Under typical developmental conditions young children acquire rudimentary agentic capability through everyday participation in sociocultural events and contexts. The development of agentic self-regulation by students can be developed through active engagement within richly furnished curricular settings with the support of teachers who encourage student
Social Cognitive Theory and Stress Management Social cognitive theory hypothesizes that people learn through observation: by examining their environment and seeing the behavior of others, people can then determine for themselves how best to adjust their behavior. Health educators and instructional designers often incorporate social cognitive theory into training when a learning outcome is behavioral change (Baranowski, Perry, & Parcel, 2002). Since the late 1990s, studies increasingly have addressed the impact of
Indeed, his model includes the entire range of human experience and its effect upon behavior, while at the same time explicating it without being excessively confusing. To accomplish this is a rare feat indeed. Bandura appears to have accomplished the difficult task of explaining the complex nature of human behavior in a non-complex way. This is what makes his theory so fascinating. It shows the reader the different aspects of
The individual component of personal identity is represented in the older, early acquired traits (Cerulo, 1997). In a given time and social situation, certain components of personality are mobilized in action, while other components are temporarily subordinated. With a change in time and group situation, a shift of emotional integration occurs with a corresponding shift of integration into another social role; that is, other components of the self are moved
Bandura Albert Bandura and the Bobo Effect Few research psychologists have been as directly and as singularly influential in shaping the way we think about learning and behavior as Albert Bandura, and few single experiments have been as significant and noteworthy as the Bobo experiment he conducted with his colleagues in 1961. Through this experiment and through his entire body of theoretical and research-based work, Bandura was able to demonstrate that traits