Social Cognitive Learning Theory

one's belief in one's ability to succeed accomplishing a task

We can learn by performing an action or behavior and experiencing the consequences ourselves.

People's tendency to imitate behaviors for which they have seen others being rewarded.

assumes that humans learn behavior through observational learning—in other words, people can learn by watching models and imitating their behavior.

Check all that apply: These motivating factors may influence whether or not the observer decides to imitate and learn.

Bandura and other researchers have found individuals with (a)   self-efficacy are more likely to believe they can master challenging problems and they can recover quickly from setbacks and disappointments.

Those who have (a)   levels of self-efficacy will fear failure and are less likely to attempt imitating the behavior of the model.

Learners must want to replicate the behavior that they have observed. In order to do this, they must understand what the potential outcome is if they repeat the behavior – what Bandura called outcome expectancies.

In order to learn a behavior, the learner must pay ____ to the model. There are certain factors that may influence whether _____ is paid to the model, including the attractiveness of the model, the authority of the model, or the desirability of the behavior.

(a)  

The observer must be able to remember the behavior that has been observed in order to produce that behavior immediately or after some time.