Social Cognitive Theory: Learning Through Observation and Self-Efficacy, Exams of Psychology

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Chapter 10: Social Cognitive Views of Learning:

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Social Cognitive theory - How people learn by observing others. Model - Person who demonstrates a behavior for someone else. Learned behaviors - Hygene, tempertantrums, aggression conditions for successful modeling - (what we want them to do) active participation, remember(retension), review, reproduce what we model for them( practice), motivation (desire to perform) Self-efficacy - I know what Im good at and what Im not good at how it affects behavior and cognition - affects.. choices, goals we set and the effort we put toward them we take more risks with a high self-eff, set high goals and tend to work harder. Essay: Factors in developing self-efficacy - your parents, your previous success/failures, others that observe them

Teacher self-efficacy - Should always be high they will try new things, have higher expectations,give me effort, and they are GREAT teachers Reciporacal Causation - Dependance on each other environment,behavior and personal variables Self-regulation - (taking charge of yourself) Process of setting goals for oneself and engaging in behaviors/cognitive processes that lead to goal attainment Self-regulated behavior - Self choosen/directed behavior that leads to the foulfillment of personally constructed standards and goals. Self-regulated learning - Regulation of ones own cognitive processes/studying behaviors inorder to learn successfully. Self-regulated problem solving - Use of self directed strategies to address complex problems. Reinforcement and punishment (the social cognitive view) - consequences have an effect only if the learners are aware of the contingency. learners form expectations about the likely consequences of future actions and behave accordingly.