The social-cognitive perspective views personality as emerging from the interaction between personal factors, behavior, and environmental influences. Albert Bandura's social cognitive theory proposes that behavior results from reciprocal determinism, where a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment. Social-cognitive psychologists study behavior in realistic and simulated situations as the best way to understand and predict how people will act in similar contexts.

1. Chapter 11
Social-Cognitive Perspective

2. The Social-Cognitive Perspective
 The Person
 The Situation
 The Interaction

3. Albert Bandura
 Bandura (1986, 2001, 2005)
believes that personality is the
result of an interaction that
takes place between a person
and their social context.

4. The Person-Situation Controversy
 Trait theorists argue that behaviors from a situation
may be different, but average behavior remains the
same.

5. Behavior
 Behavior emerges from an interplay of external and
internal influences.

6. Assessing Behavior in Situations
 Social-cognitive psychologists observe people in
realistic and simulated situations because they
find that it is the best way to predict the behavior
of others in similar situations.

7. The Interaction
 Reciprocal determinism- the interacting influences
of behavior, internal personal factors, and
environment.
 Social-cognitive theorist explores the interaction
among the three sets of influences
Different people choose
different environments.
Our personalities shape how
we react to events.
Our personalities shape
situations.
The school you attend and the
music you listen to are partly
based on your dispositions.
Anxious people react to
situations differently than
relaxed people.
How we view and treat people
influences how they treat us.