Social Cognitive Theory An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature

by Bandura, Albert; Cervone, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9781394161454
• ISBN10: 139416145X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781394161461
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-04-18
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

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. 

Author Biography

ALBERT BANDURA, PhD (deceased), the most highly cited figure in contemporary psychology, was known internationally for his groundbreaking lines of research on observational learning, behavioral change, moral behavior, and self-efficacy, and for his Social Cognitive Theory of human nature.

Daniel Cervone (Editor) is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  He earned his bachelor’s degree at Oberlin College, and his Ph.D. at Stanford University, where his graduate advisor was Albert Bandura.  In addition to his faculty position at UIC, Dan has been a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and a visiting faculty member at the University of Washington and Sapienza University of Rome.  Dan is author of numerous journal and book publications in personality psychology and related fields, including Personality: Theory and Research, 15e (Cervone & Pervin, 2023; Wiley & Sons).

 

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Acknowledgements

1. 1.     A Psychology of Human Agency
2. 2.     Social Modeling and Psychological Processes of Observational Learning
3. 3.     Perceived Self-Efficacy as a Foundation of Agency
4. 4.     Shaping One’s Future through Self-Regulation
5. 5.     Morality and the Disengagement of Moral Standards
6. 6.     Applying Science for Human Betterment

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