Human Growth and Development / Unit 1 HGD 0045 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Social Cognitive Theory
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The idea
Bandura's social learning theory, later called social cognitive theory, holds that people and their environments influence each other, a process he named reciprocal determinism.
In practice
Parents shaping a child's world while the child reshapes how the parents behave.
Where people slip
People are not only products of their surroundings. The way they interpret events shapes how those events influence them.
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