Social Cognitive Theory

What theory suggests that behavior is modeled by others in a group or family, and acquired by through observation or imitation based on what we think will be the consequences (good or bad) of a behavior?

• Sociocultural Approach

• Social Cognitive Theory

• Social Identity Theory

• Social Behavior Theory

Who developed Social Cognitive Theory?

• Henry Tajfel

• John Turner

• Albert Bandura

• Juliet Dinkha

What is the process by which a set of norms or values becomes a part of an individual's personality, thereby conditioning the individual to conform to society's expectations?

• Self Efficacy

• Modeling

• Self Actualization

• Internalization

The lifelong process of providing the individual with the skills, habits and norms necessary for participating within their own society

• Socialization

• self-efficacy

• self- actualization

• Reciprocal Determinism

An individual's perception of the possibility of success in a given area based on previous experiences

• Self Efficacy

• Personal Truth

• Reciprocal Determinism

• Modeling

Bandura's idea that although our environment affects us, we also affect our environment; also, the idea that this interaction between individuals and environments can bring about new societal and cultural norms

• Vicarious Learning

• Reciprocal Determinism

• Vicarious Reinforcement

• Social Learning Theory

Learning that occurs through watching (and sometimes imitating) the behavior modeled by others

• cognitive learning

• observational learning (modeling)

• experiential learning

• social learning

The incentive(s) or reason(s) a person has for acting or behaving in a particular way

• stimulus

• internalization

• motivation

• drive

Experienced (or realized) in your imagination through observing and interpreting the feelings or actions of another person

• by proxy

• intuited

• inferred

• vicarious

Learning the consequences of an action by watching others being rewarded or punished for performing the action

• vicarious learning

• imitation

• conditioning

• observational learning