Cognitive Theories
•Focus on the Thought Processes and Sensory Input methods
•Established by Albert Bandura
Neuro-Physiological Theories
•Focus on the actual physiological methods that
occurs in the brain as a human being is taught
•Established by Donald Hebb
Life story of Albert Bandura
Started to Study what Affects Social Behavior
Bandura’s Analysis on Conditioning Theories
Established a Complete Theory in Observational Learning
Bandura’s Analysis of
Observational Learning
Empirical Explanation
Reinforcement as a
Performance Variable
Processes of Controlling Observational LearningAttentional ProcessesRetentional ProcessesBehavioral Production Processes Motivational Processes
Reciprocal DeterminismSelf-Regulation of Behavior Moral ConductDeterminism versus Freedom
Figure 3. Overview of social cognitive theory and of self-efficacy.(2002). Source: Pajares from emory.edu
TV and MediaThe Advancement in Faulty Cognitive ProcessesIts Relationship to Anti-Social BehaviorTriggers to Criminal Behavior
LearningObservational Learning in the SchoolThe Function of MotivationIndication of Performance
Decided to be a writer and different from his physicist parents
Age 33, a Member of the Montreal Neurological Institute
Basis for Absent StimulationDeterioration and HallucinationsEarliest Non-American to Receive
APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Honor
Received an Honor for Canadian Scientists Named after Him
Heuristic Model of PsychologyBrain is not a “Switch Board” and does not
Operate as an Entire UnitBrain does not Need to be Whole to OperateCell Assembly & Phase Sequence – Major
InstrumentsEarliest to Link this SchemeHeuristic Influences are still Applied at present
Environments Restricted Enriched
Cell assemblies Phase Sequences
Memory Short-Term Long-Term
Consolidation and the Brain Declarative Procedural
Neuroscientific Research Hebbian Rule Hebbian Synapse Neurophysiology Neuroscience
Current Technology Engineering Robotics Computer Science
Education 2 Kinds of Learning
Cognitive and Neuro-Physiological Theories Equally Correspond to Developments in Earlier Models Transforms the Way People See the EnvironmentDevelopments in the Field of Medicine
Effect of Developments in Teaching Processes and Health Care
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