self regulation social cognitive theory

process of managing goal-directed behavior

-resisting impuses to satisfy immediate needs managing short-term desires

Individual ( interna) charaacterisitcs

-self efficacy -behavioral capability -ecpectations -expectatcies -self-control- goal setting -emotional coping

self regulation

the process by which people manage their own goals- directed behavior

intervention implications

-alter the environment -provide reinforcement -facilitate goal setting -create opportuniites for observational learning -establish expectations -improve self efficacy -alter or interpret social norms

self-regulation is a product of

-childhood development -psychological maturity -individual personality

environmental ( external) factors

-vicarious learning -reinforcements ( positive or negative responses) -social norms

what is self-regulation

Pre-requisite for conventional acceptance and achievement

Social cognitive theory

SCT

SCT has gone through a number of evolution

as it evolved, it retained earlier constructs, increasing the general complexity of SCT and reducing its clarity as a theory

goal of self-regulation

behavior modification which applies operant conditioning methods

cognition

behavioral capability: essential knowledge and skills expectations -efficacy: about one's ability to behave in a certain way -outcomes: about the likeihood of outcomes

self- regulated behavior is goal directed

desire to improve or change behavior awareness of goals conflicting goals

behavior

generates environmental responses goal directed frequency depends on reinforcements

enviroment

includes both physical and social elements provides context provides opportunity provides consequences and feedback

goal of SCT

is to explain how people regulate their behavior

SCT is very complex

it can be viewed as less of a theory than a related " grab-bag" of constructs

person

personality cognitions

originator of the SCT

psychologist Albert Bandura- the theory was first called social learning theory- key principle was learning by obervation of other

SCT

self regulation reciprocal determinism social influence-modeling cognitions

social influence

socailly-mediated expectations social context influences behavior -norms -expectations processes -socialization: influence of others on one's behavior -selection : tendency to associate with others with similar behavior

self-efficacy

the idea of self-efficacy as a key element in how people change behavior moves beyond the mechanistic conditioning process of change