Showing papers on "Reciprocal determinism published in 1992"
TL;DR: Social learning theory as discussed by the authors is an attempt by Robert Sears and others to meld psychoanalytic and stimulus-response learning theory into a comprehensive explanation of human behavior, drawing on the clinical richness of the former and the rigor of the latter.
Abstract: Social learning theory began as an attempt by Robert Sears and others to meld psychoanalytic and stimulus-response learning theory into a comprehensive explanation of human behavior, drawing on the clinical richness of the former and the rigor of the latter. Albert Bandura abandoned the psychoanalytic and drive features of the approach, emphasizing instead cognitive and information-processing capacities that mediate social behavior. Both theories were intended as a general framework for the understanding of human behavior, and their developmental aspects remain to be worked out in detail
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TL;DR: In this paper, a new hypothesis concerning the beliefs and attitudes underlying low perceived control is presented, which suggests that low control emerges from a belief in pure environmental determinism, where the environment is blamed for problems, and a related belief that the environment can always be changed with persistence.
Abstract: Research on the cognitive underpinnings of coronary-prone behaviors is important to the development of sophisticated transactional models to explain coronary-prone behaviors, and to the successful promotion of an enduring change in them. The cognitive literature has been organized around three central coronary-prone behaviors—hostility/competitiveness, low self-esteem, and low perceived control—and for each behavior, the literature on basic beliefs, attitudes, overt behaviors, and person-environment reciprocal interactions is reviewed. A new hypothesis concerning the beliefs and attitudes underlying low perceived control is presented. According to this hypothesis, low control emerges from a belief in pure environmental determinism, where the environment is blamed for problems, and a related belief that the environment is malleable and can always be changed with persistence. Alternatively, high control emerges from a belief in reciprocal determinism which de-emphasizes blame and considers causes of problems from multiple perspectives, and a related belief that the environment may not be malleable despite persistence. Thus, low perceived control emerges from persisting in attempts to control the uncontrollable, while high perceived control emerges from knowing when and how to switch from trying to bringing the environment in line with one's wishes to bringing oneself in line with the environment.
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