Social-cognitive perspective
Views behavior as influenced by the interaction between people’s traits (including their thinking) and their social context
Behavioral approach
Focuses on the effects of learning on our personality development
Reciprocal determinism
The interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition, and environment
What criticisms have social-cognitive theorists faced?
Faulted for underemphasizing the importance of unconscious motives, emotions, and biologically influenced traits