Social Cognitive Theory

Social cognitive Theory

Table of Contents
Social cognitive Theory...................................................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
The nature of human nature....................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
Personal, environmental, behavioural factors from Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory
model
Social cognitive theory was started in 1960 by Albert Bandura. The social cognitive theory helps
in defining influence of individual actions, experiences and environmental factors. This enables
the opportunities for social support by managing expectations, self efficacy and also by using the
observational learning. There are several components of the social cognitive theory that affects
individual behaviour change. These consists of the following –
Self efficacy – This is known as belief which an individual has to control. This is helpful in
executing particular type of behaviour in order to manage the work.
Behavioural capability – This is helpful for understanding and grabbing skills that will help
to perform specific behaviour.
Expectations – It is determined that what are the actual outcomes of behavioural change.
Self control – This consists of properly regulating and monitoring desired behaviour.
Observational learning – It includes the watching and observing of outcomes that are helpful
in performing desired behaviour.
Reinforcements - There is need to promote incentives and rewards for encouraging
behaviour change.
There are several psychological theories that are given for human behaviour. It is analysed that
view of human nature is reviewed within several theories. This is concluded that several theorists
think that human functioning has to be explored in order to manage the effective flow of
operations (Bandura, 2016). There are other conceptions of human nature in which physiological
theories are managed by using effective theories. These affect potentialities of humans at a wide
range. In recent years, it is concluded that resurgence within interest has occurred and self
phenomenon for the work is developed. There is self system which helps to manage casual
processes.
There are many personal factors that are involved in providing effective regulation of attentional
processes, emotion activation, schematic processes and psychobiologic functioning.
In context of agentic sociocognitive aspect, different people are self organising, self reflecting
and proactive (Compeau, and Higgins, 2015). There are several individuals who have the power
for influencing own actions for producing results. In is analysed that having control over