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Social Cognitive Theory
Social cognitive theory (SCT) is a result of work performed by Albert Bandura and it refers to a psychological model of behavior. The concept behind this theory is that the basis of learning occurs in a social setting or context due to learning or gaining information through observation.

In regards to learning and behavior, Social cognitive theory follows a few assumptions:

1. Personal, behavioral, and environmental factors all influence one another. 2. People have the ability to influence their own environment and behavior. 3. Learning can occur without immediate results.
 * Personal: Depends on if the individual has high self-efficacy or low self-efficacy.
 * Behavioral: The way in which an individual responds to their own behavior.
 * Environmental: Environmental settings influence a person's ability to complete a behavior correctly.
 * Environment plays a large part in influencing one's behavior, but Social cognitive theory argues that people have the ability to change their own behavioral outcomes in certain environments.
 * Learning involves things such as gaining knowledge, values, cognitive skills, abstract rules, and other cognitive abilities. Developing these cognitive abilities takes motivation and a desire to learn

These three factors are what Bandura called the schematization of triadic reciprocal causation

A person's on-going functioning is a product of a continuous interaction between cognitive, behavioral, and contextual factors. Influences for people vary, but behavior modeling is the most common product of SCT. The way that children see adults act in public, and how children subsequently model their behavior after what they interpret in each situation is an example of behavior modeling

History Of Albert Bandura's Work
Albert Bandura was born in 1925. Bandura started the Social learning theory in the 1960's, and the Social cognitive theory was a direct result that grew out of SLT.

In 1986, Bandura published his second book. This book was an advancement of his original theory, Social Learning Theory, that he titled Social Cognitive Theory.

In today's society, parents and adults alike model respectable behaviors for children. This is a direct outcome of Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory. Teaching self-efficacy to children at a young age is a key factor in cognitive development and their own development of self-efficacy.

Self-Efficacy
Self-efficacy is commonly defined as the belief in one's capabilities to achieve a goal or outcome. Under the Self-Efficacy Theory it is stated that people have the ability to master certain situations, and then they can produce their own outcome.