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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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.
Social Cognitive TheoryBehavior 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.
Cognitive factors include our beliefs, expectations, values, and social roles as well as our biological and genetic influences.
Alfred Bandura’s Social 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
Learned HelplessnessUncontrollable bad events
Perceived lack of control
Generalized helpless behavior
Social Cognitive Perspective:Biopsychosocial Approach
Personality
Biological Influences:
- Genes- Autonomic
nervous system reactivity
- Brain activity
Psychological Influences:- Learned responses
- Unconscious thought
processes- Expectations
and interpretations
Social-Cultural Influences- Childhood experiences
- Influence of the situation
- Social support
Activity
Julian Rotter
Internal/external
Handout
How much control to we have over our situations or rewards?
Locus of Control
Delay of Gratification-Mischel
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)
Should I take 1 marshmallow
now or wait and get 2 later?
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 use feedback 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