After reading Chapter 17, you should be able to: - Define and give examples of observational learning.
- List and define the processes governing observational learning.
- Define Bandura's concept of triadic reciprocal causation.
- Explain and give at least one example of the effect that chance encounters and fortuitous events may have on a person's life path.
- Define and discuss Bandura's concept of human agency.
- Define and give examples of self-efficacy.
- Describe the sources of self-efficacy.
- Define and give examples of proxy agency.
- Define and give examples of collective efficacy.
- Discuss Bandura's concept of self-regulation through moral agency.
- Discuss ways in which people justify their own actions through disengagement of internal control.
- Describe Bandura's approach to understanding dysfunctional behavior.
- Briefly describe some of the recent research generated by Bandura's theory.
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