1. Albert Bandura Born: December 4, 1925 Grew up in Alberta, Canada
High School had 20 people (2 were teachers)
B.A/Doctorate – University of Iowa
Took academic position at Stanford, still there today.
One of the most famous psychologist still alive

2. Social Cognitive Theory
Notes

3. Structure Reciprocal Determinism 3 distinct personality factors
These three factors are interdependent, they need each others
Behavior
Environment
Cognition
Cognition
Behavior
Environment

4. Structure EXAMPLE of THEORY: How can a behavior change environment?
Hostile behavior: A person’s behavior can change the environment of hostility
Example: class attitudes

5. Process Self-Efficacy:
Perception of how well we can function in a given situation
Great predictor for how well you will accomplish certain tasks
Efficacy runs through all process and all processes run through efficacy!
2 kinds of Expectations: (outcome of future)

6. Process Efficacy Expectation: Outcome Expectations:
Expectation of the probability of successfully completing a task
Task specific (self-esteem doesn’t predict, only self-efficacy does
Outcome Expectations:
Your expectations of the probability of a specific positive occurring if you successfully complete the task
What is the value of the task?
What you expect to have change when you complete something

7. Process Dimensions of Efficacy:
Strength: how strong is your self-efficacy for something (in the face of failure, how strong are you in continuing on?)
Magnitude: how far does your confidence or ability to accomplish a task go? (who are you better then?)
Generality: think you can do one task well, so other similar tasks you might be able to do well also. (good at one thing, can you substitute a related activity and be good at that also?)

8. Development Self-Regulation (of Behavior)
When you get to the “age of reason”
“Age of Reason” – regulate your own behavior
3 Processes: (not motivations)
1. Self-Observation
2. Judgmental
3. Self-Response

9. Development Self-Observation: Regulate all behavior
We notice what we do
2. Attribution:
Explanation of why some event occurred
How you come up with an explanation will tell you how harshly you judge yourself.
positive or negative
Example: Bad Exam, why?
- didn’t study, test is too hard, unfair, nervous, sick, someone else’s fault

10. Development 3. Self-Response: Self – Contempt:
Reward yourself or Punish yourself
This is what directs your behavior
These are Internal Rewards
If:
Someone else’s fault: less need to punish ourselves
Our own fault: more need to punish ourselves
Self – Contempt:
most things we do is to avoid self-contempt, that is hate ourselves.