Transcription of Human Agency in Social Cognitive Theory
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Human Agency in Social Cognitive Theory Albert Bandura Stanford University ABSTRACT: The present article examines the nature and function of Human Agency within the conceptual model of triadic reciprocal causation. In analyzing the operation of Human Agency in this interactional causal structure, Social Cognitive Theory accords a central role to Cognitive , vicarious, self -reflective, and self -regulatory processes. The issues addressed concern the psychological mechanisms through which personal Agency is exercised, the hierar- chical structure of self -regulatory systems, eschewal of the dichotomous construal of self as agent and self as object, and the properties of a nondualistic but nonreductional conception of Human Agency .
belief in the worth of what they are doing. This resilient self-belief system enabled them to override repeated early rejections of their work. A robust sense of personal efficacy provides the needed staying power. Many of our literary classics brought their authors repeated rejections. The novelist, Saroyan, accumulated ...
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