Educational Psychology / Unit 5 EDP 0401 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Social Cognitive Theory
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The idea
Bandura's social cognitive theory holds that thinking and reasoning shape learning, departing from Skinner's strict behaviorism, which looked only at behavior and its consequences.
In practice
A student decides whether copying a classmate's strategy is worth trying.
Where people slip
The theory keeps reinforcement but adds what learners notice, expect and believe.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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