COGNITIVE SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY WALTER MISCHEL

I. Biography b. 2/22/1930 upper middle class Vienna (Freud's neighborhood)

Delayed college entrance due to father's ill health 1938 - Nazi invasion Moved to U.S. (N.Y.) Delayed college entrance due to father's ill health Odd jobs

Passionately interested art, psychology and GreenwichVillage

College Appalled by rat-centered psych Freud, existentialist and poetry ==+ humanism

M.A. CUNY Clinical Social Worker exp ==+ reject psychoanalytic

Ph.D. Ohio State 1953-1956 Kelly vs. Rotter = Kelly + Rotter

1956-58 Studied religious cults in Caribbean delay of gratification 1958-1960 -Taught U. of Colo.

Allport, Murray, McClelland 1960 Harvard Allport, Murray, McClelland m. Harriette Nerlove - cognitive grad student collaborate on research 3 daughters

1962- 1982 Stanford Bandura

Assessment for the Peace Corps traits not predictive person can predict (self-efficacy)

1983 - Now Columbia U. 1982 Distinguished Scientific Contribution

II. Consistency Paradox - 1968 Challenge We believe behavior is consistent but empirical evidence shows much variability Correlation's too low

III. Person x Situation

IV. Person Variables Competencies Encoding Strategies Expectancies

1. Competencies - information we acquire about the world and 1. Competencies - information we acquire about the world and our relationship to it.

Competencies a. we construct our version of reality b. our tools (skills and facts)

2. Encoding strategies - ways of categorizing information received from external stimuli

Encoding (cont.) a. transform stimuli into personal constructs

3. Expectancies - beliefs about the consequences of each of the different behavioral possibilities.

a. behavior - outcome expectancy Expectancies (cont.) a. behavior - outcome expectancy reinforcement contingencies

b. stimulus- outcome expectancies Expectancies (cont.) b. stimulus- outcome expectancies multitude of stimulus conditions that moderate the probable consequences of any pattern of behavior (cues)

Expectancies (cont.) c. self-efficacy expectations - belief that individual can achieve outcome

Expectancies (cont.) 4. Subjective value - preferences for goals

Expectancies (cont.) 5. Self-regulatory systems - control of behavior through a system of self-imposed goals and self-produced consequences.

Self-regulatory Systems a. contingency rules that specify the goals, standards and behaviors appropriate for the situation

Self-regulatory Systems b. consequences of achieving or failing to achieve the goal

Self-regulatory Systems c. self-instructions to achieve the self-control needed to reach our goals

Self-regulatory Systems d. plans for achieving our goals in the absence of external support