Exam 13: Bandura: Performance in Cognitive Social Learning Theory

Bandura asserted that learning can occur by observing models.

Children sometimes imitate aggression less if they see the model punished for being aggressive.

A student has just started working on a term paper, which is supposed to be 40 pages long. One way to increase a sense of efficacy is to

Students high in self-efficacy

Research finds that in the real world, as well as in the laboratory, aggression is increased by modeling.

Bandura's concept of __________ describes the mutual influences of the person, the environment, and behavior.

In his studies of film-mediated aggression, children watched models behave aggressively toward

A person who is dressed in distinctive, eye-catching clothes is assured at least of meeting the requirements of the __________ process of learning.

The concept of self-efficacy has few implications outside of psychotherapy.

In real life, modeling produces only socially desirable behavior.

Optimism is

Bandura expanded learning theory by his work on the importance of

Outcome expectations are the same, theoretically, as self-efficacy.

The most important determinant of therapeutic effectiveness, according to Bandura, is the development of

Learning by watching models is called

The most important determinant of therapeutic effectiveness, according to Bandura, is the development of

A person high in self-efficacy

Explain Bandura's concept of "reciprocal determinism." Diagram it. Discuss how this concept is different from Skinner's concept of environmental determinism.

Based on research by Bandura, Ross, and Ross (1963), we would expect that

Bandura said that therapy should be based upon