Social Cognitive Learning Theory

one's belief in one's ability to succeed accomplishing a task

• self-efficacy

• motivation

• potential

• retention

We can learn by performing an action or behavior and experiencing the consequences ourselves.

• indirect learning

• passive learning

• direct learning

• experimental learning

People's tendency to imitate behaviors for which they have seen others being rewarded.

• direct learning

• self-efficacy

• vicarious reinforcement

• indirect learning

assumes that humans learn behavior through observational learning—in other words, people can learn by watching models and imitating their behavior.

• self-efficacy

• consistency

• vicarious reinforcement

• Social Cognitive Learning Theory

Check all that apply: These motivating factors may influence whether or not the observer decides to imitate and learn.

• consistency

• identification with the model

• liking the model

• repetition

Bandura and other researchers have found individuals with ____ self-efficacy are more likely to believe they can master challenging problems and they can recover quickly from setbacks and disappointments.

Those who have ___ levels of self-efficacy will fear failure and are less likely to attempt imitating the behavior of the model.

Learners must want to replicate the behavior that they have observed. In order to do this, they must understand what the potential outcome is if they repeat the behavior – what Bandura called outcome expectancies.

• motivation

• potential

• attention

• retention

In order to learn a behavior, the learner must pay ____ to the model. There are certain factors that may influence whether _____ is paid to the model, including the attractiveness of the model, the authority of the model, or the desirability of the behavior.

The observer must be able to remember the behavior that has been observed in order to produce that behavior immediately or after some time.

• motivation

• potential

• retention

• attention