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Social Cognitive Perspective. Take out your books !. Open to page 421 Answer questions 20-24. Social Cognitive Theory. Emphasizes the interaction of people and situations Behavior is learned through conditioning or observing others and modeling our behavior after theirs.
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Take out your books! • Open to page 421 • Answer questions 20-24
Social Cognitive Theory • Emphasizes the interaction of people and situations • Behavior is learned through conditioning or observing others and modeling our behavior after theirs.
Social Cognitive Theory Cognitive factors include our beliefs, expectations, values, and social roles as well as our biological and genetic influences. Behavior includes a variety of actions, such as what we do and say. Environmental influences include our social, political, and cultural influences as well as our particular learning experiences.
Alfred Bandura’sSocial Cognitive Theory • Personality development, growth, and change are influenced by 4 distinctively human cognitive processes • Highly developed language ability • Observational learning • Purposeful behavior • Self-analysis
Schindler’s List • Video
Learned Helplessness • The hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid aversive events • Active Psych • Schindler’s List
Locus of Control • Julian Rotter • Internal/external • Handout • How much control to we have over our situations or rewards?
Delay of Gratification-Mischel Should I take 1 marshmallow now or wait and get 2 later? • Not taking immediate less desirable award Getting a better award later • Related to self control, impulsiveness, & will power • How long children can wait for marshmallows depended upon what they attended to. • How long can children wait? • Imagined (15 minutes) • In front of them (6 minutes)
Self Efficacy • Confidence in your ability to organize and execute a given course of action to solve a problem or accomplish a task • “I think that I am capable of getting a high grade in this course.” is a sign of strong self-efficacy • You judge your SE by combining 4 sources of info. • You use previous experiences of successes & failures • You compare your capabilities with those of others • You listen to what others say about your capabilities • You usefeedback from your body to assess your strength, vulnerability, and capability. Some people have a strong sense of self efficacy that applies to many situations. Others have a strong sense that only applies to a few areas. Having either high or low self efficacy can increase or decrease your performance and success in a variety of tasks and personal behaviors.
Criticisms of the Social Cognitive Perspective • Focuses too much on situation, not enough on traits • Does the situation determine our behavior? • Lottery example
Take out your books! • Open to page 421 • Answer questions 20-24 • Correct Answers: • 20. a • 21. c • 22. b • 23. d • 24. b