Social Cognitive Theory
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Social Cognitive Theory

An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature

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eBook - PDF

Social Cognitive Theory

An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature

About this book

A comprehensive perspective on human nature by one of the undisputed masters of the psychological sciences 

The final book by psychology's most eminent modern figure, Dr. Albert Bandura, is the definitive concise presentation of his theoretical views. In Social Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature, Bandura explains how his half-century of research and theory on the determinants of thought and action highlight people's capacity for agency: the ability to exert control over one's actions and the courses of one's development. He further explains how his basic theory and research have been applied, world-wide, for the betterment of the human condition. 

Readers will find:

  • A thorough introduction to the author's agentic-perspective on human nature
  • Dr. Bandura's theoretical analyses of moral behavior and moral disengagement
  • Applications of the basic principles of Social Cognitive Theory to personal and social change for human betterment

An essential and groundbreaking resource for educational, health, and personality psychologists, Social Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature will also prove indispensable to social and industrial/organizational psychologists. 

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Information

Publisher
Wiley
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781394161454
eBook ISBN
9781394161478

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Author Biography
  6. Foreword
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1 A Psychology of Human Agency
  9. Chapter 2 Social Modeling and Psychological Processes of Observational Learning
  10. Chapter 3 Perceived Self-Efficacy as a Foundation of Agency
  11. Chapter 4 Shaping One’s Future through Self-Regulation
  12. Chapter 5 Morality and the Disengagement of Moral Standards
  13. Chapter 6 Applying Science for Human Betterment
  14. References
  15. Author Index
  16. Subject Index
  17. EULA