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processes that determine what is atended to and therefore what is learned through observation
attentional processes
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belief that acting a certain way n a certain situation will have a certain consequence
behavior-outcome expectancy
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an uninteded, or fortuitous, meeting of persons that has thepotetial to alter significantly the lives of those involved
chance encounter
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those variables thought by mischel to determine how a person selects, percieves, interprets, and uses the stimuli confronting him or her
cognitive social person variables
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cognitive social person variable that descrives what a person know and what he or she is capable of doign
competencies
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according to mischel, the persistent belief that human behavior is more cinsistent than is indicated by experimental evidence
consistency paradox
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postponement of a small, immediate reinforcer in order to obtain a larger, more distant reinforcer
delay of gratification
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reers to the fact that there is often a ong delay between when something is learned observationally and when that learning is translated into behavior
delayed modeling
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expectancies that do not result in effective interactions with the environment
dysfunctional expectancies
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cognitive social person variable taht determines which aspects of the environment are slected for attention and how those aspects are interpretted by the individual
encoding strategies
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cognitive social person variable that determines how individuals anticipate events in their lives
expectancies
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reinforcemnt that results from sources outside of the person
extrinsic reinforcement
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within social-cognitive theory, freedom is determiend by the number of opions available to people and their right to exercise them
freedom
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conscious planning and intentional execution of actions that influence future events
human agency
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any theorist who contends it is the interaction of person variables and situation variables that determines behavior at any given moment
interactionist
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self-reinforcement
intrinsic reinforcement
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behavior that is in accordance with internalized moral principles
moral conduct
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those processes that determine the circumstances under which learning is translated into behavior
motivational processes
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those processes taht determine what behavior a person is physically capable of performing
motor reproduction processes
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learning taht results from attending to something
observational learning
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type of modeling that requires the observer to participate in the modeling experience
participant modeling
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what a person believes he or she is capable of doing
perceived self-efficacy
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those standards that must be met or exceeded before one experiences self-reinforcement
performance standards
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variables contained within the person that determine how he or she responds to a situation
person variables
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mischel's quantification of the amount of consistency found in human behavior
personality coefficient
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within social-cognitive theory, any procedure that corrects dysfunctional expectancies
psychotherapy
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contention that person variables, situation variables, and behavior constantly interact with one another
reciprocal determinism
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within social-cognitive theory, this provides information concering what behavior will be effective in a given situation
reinforcement
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those processes that determine how experiences are encoded into memory for possible future use
retentional processes
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ability to tolerate a delay in gratification
self-control
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what a perosn is actually capable of doing
self-efficacy
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expectancy one has concerning one's ability to engage in effective behavior
self-efficacy expectancy
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cognitive mechanisms a person can employ to escape the self-contempt that ordinarily results when a person acts contrary to an internalized moral principle
self-exonerating mechanism
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behavior governed by intrinsic reinforcement and punishment
self-regulated behavior
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cognitive social learning person variable that determines the circumstances under which an individual experiences self-reinforcement and self-punishment
self-regulatory systems and planes
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variables in the environmet that provide the setting in which person variables manifest themselves
situation variables
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name given to Bandura and Mischel's theory because of its emphasis on the social and cognitive origins of human behavior
social-cognitive theory
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belief that one environmental event will be folowed by another specific event that has been consistently associated with the first event in the past
stimulus-outcome expectancy
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cognitive social person variable that determines under what circumstances a person will translate what has been learned into behavior
subjective values
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modeling involving something other than a live human, for instance, a film, television, instructions, reading material, or a demonstration
symbolic modeling
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therapetic procedure whereby a client is asked to imagine a series of interrelated anxiety-provoking scenes until they no longer cause anxiety
systematic desensitization
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punishment that comes form observing the negative conseqences of another person's behavior
vicarious punishment
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reinforcement that comes form observing the positive consequences of another person's behavior
vicarious reinforcement
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