Bandura

Bandura’s theory can best described as a combination of cognitive and behavioral theories of modeling. According to Bandura, one’s personality is the result of interaction with the environment and psychological processes.

In social learning theory it is recognized that people learn from other people. They are also influenced to some degree by other people.

The Bobo doll experiment conducted by Alfred Bandura was tested out in 1961, to lend credence to his beliefs that human behavior is fashioned by learned behaviors though imitation and copying otherwise known as modeling.

Alfred Bandura is mostly remembered for his social learning theory. He worked with Richard Walters in research on social learning and aggression in children. This research work led to the crucial role in modeling behavior simply by observation

We know more about good behaviors than we do them. However, we go about behavior change incorrectly assuming there either should be a way to do it without effort or that it is too difficult. Change means learning, not eliminating. Bandura's SCT is key.

Behaviorism is a theory that directly relates to the behaviors an individual exhibits. Two major theories can be applied toward behaviorism; Skinner's operant conditioning and Bandura's social cognitive theory.