num_pages: 640
description: Presents a comprehensive theory of human motivation and action from a social-cognitive perspective. This insightful text addresses the prominent roles played by cognitive, vicarious, self-regulatory, and self-reflective processes in psychosocial functioning; emphasizes reciprocal causation through the interplay of cognitive, behavioral, and environmental factors; and systematically applies the basic principles of this theory to personal and social change.
language: English
title: Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory
titlecomplete: Social Foundations of Thought and Action: A Social Cognitive Theory
genres: Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 63
publisher: Prentice Hall