Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Development of Banduras
Work
Social Learning Theory
Social learning & personality development
(Bandura & Walters, 1963)
Principles of behavior modification (1969)
Reciprocal determinants of
human functioning
Person Inputs
Self-efficacy
Expectations
- Predispositions
- Gender
- Race/ethnicity
- Disability/
Health status
Learning
Experiences
Background
Contextual
Background
Affordances
Interests
Outcome
Expectations
Goals
Actions
SCCT Model
Person Inputs and background
context
Person Inputs
- Predispositions
- Gender
- Race/ethnicity
- Disability/
Health status
Learning
Experiences
Background
Contextual
Affordances
Distal Influences
Person Inputs
Race/ethnicity, gender
Physical appearance, health, disabilities
Special abilities, e.g., intelligence, musical ability, artistic ability, muscular
coordination
Socioeconomic status
Job & training opportunities
Social policies & procedures for selecting trainees & workers
Rate of return for various occupations (ROI)
Labor laws, union rules
Physical events (e.g., earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, floods)
Availability & demand for natural resources
Technological developments (e.g., computers, web)
Changes is social organizations
Family training experiences & resources, neighborhood & community influences
(e.g., family religion, values, expectations, womens roles, availability of models,
etc.)
Education system (e.g., post-secondary opportunities affected tremendously by
K-12 system)
Learning
Experiences
Outcome
Expectations
Learning Influences:
Sources of Self-Efficacy
Information
Prior Performance
Accomplishment
Vicarious
Learning
Self-Efficacy
Social Persuasion
Physiological and
Affective Reactions
Building Self-efficacy
expectations
Performance Accomplishments
Vicarious Learning
Social Persuasion
Attributions of Performance
Attributions of Success
Internal Due to my own skills, abilities:
likely to increase efficacy, performance
External Easy test, course: likely to
undermine or have no effect on efficacy,
performance
Attributions of Failure
Internal Due to my lack of ability:
undermining efficacy, performance
External Due to the Instructor being a hard
grader: No effect on efficacy, performance
Observational Learning
Learning
Experiences
Outcome
Expectations
Outcome X Efficacy
Expectations
Interests
Outcome
Expectations
Goals
Actions
Person Inputs
Self-efficacy
Expectations
- Predispositions
- Gender
- Race/ethnicity
- Disability/
Health status
Learning
Experiences
Background
Contextual
Background
Affordances
Interests
Outcome
Expectations
Goals
Actions
Selected References
Lent, R.W. (2013). Social cognitive career theory (pp. 115- 146). In S.D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.),
Career development & counseling: Putting theory and research to work (2nd Ed.). New York: Wiley.
Hackett, G., & Lent, R.W. (2008). Social cognitive theory. In F. T. L. Leong (Editor-in-Chief), H.E.A.
Tinsley (Senior Editor) & S.H. Lease (Associate Editor), Encyclopedia of counseling,
Volume 2:
Personal and emotional counseling. (pp. 767-769). Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publications.
Betz, N.E., & Hackett, G. (2006). Career Self-efficacy Theory: Back to the Future. Journal of Career
Assessment, 14, 3-11.
Lent, R.W., Brown, S.D., & Hackett, G. (2002). Social cognitive career theory (pp. 255-311). In D.
Brown, L. Brooks, and Associates, Career choice and development (4th Ed.). San Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass.
Lent, R.W., Brown, S.D., & Hackett, G. (2000). Contextual supports and barriers to career choice: A
social cognitive analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47, 3649.
Hackett, G. (1995). Self-efficacy and career choice and development. In A. Bandura (Ed.), Selfefficacy in adaptation of youth to changing societies (232-258). Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Lent, R. W., Brown, S.D. & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unified social cognitive theory of
career/academic interest, choice, and performance. Journal of Vocational Behavior [Monograph], 45,
79-122.
Hackett, G. & Betz, N.E. (1992). Self-efficacy perceptions and the career-related choices of college
students. In D. H. Schunk & J. L. Meece (Eds.), Student perceptions in the classroom: Causes and
consequences (pp. 229-246). Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.
Lent, R. W., & Hackett, G. (1987). Career self-efficacy: Empirical status and future directions.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 30, 347-382. (Monograph.)
Hackett, G. (1985). The role of mathematics self-efficacy in the choice of math-related majors of
college women and men: A path analysis. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 32, 47-56.
Hackett, G., & Betz, N. E. (1981). A self-efficacy approach to the career development of women.
Journal of Vocational Behavior, 18, 326-339.
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