Theoretical Foundations Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory - Made up of six parts: 1. Reciprocal Determinism 4. Reinforcements Interactions between person, environment, and Internal or external responses to a person’s behavior that affect the likelihood behavior resulting from stimuli to achieve goals. of continuing or discontinuing that behavior. 2. Behavioral Capability 5. Expectations Person’s ability to perform a behavior through Anticipated consequences of a person’s behavior essential or acquired knowledge and skills. which are derived from previous experience. 3. Observational Learning 6. Self-efficacy Assertion that people can reproduce actions seen The level of a person’s confidence in his or her ability to successfully perform a and observed from behaviors of others. behavior influenced by a person’s capabilities/characteristics and environmental factors.