Self-Regulation
Bandura understands that the development of self is influenced by the environment but that the individual also has significant responsibility of determinism that makes the individual responsible for his or her behaviors. According to Boeree self-regulation is absolutely essential to behavior control and provides the backbone of human personality. Boeree describes the three steps that Bandura suggests that contribute to self-regulation; self-observation, or the process of observing our own behavior and then keeping track of it, judgment, or the comparisons we draw between our own behavior and that of the socially acceptable performance standards of our culture and environment, and self-response where we reward or sanction ourselves based on this perception of standards as compared to our own behavior. How one performs on this perceptive scale over the long-term forms the sense of self, i.e. If one generally perform well on this scale and receives much self-reward then he or she will be likely to have a good self-concept, while if the reverse is true and one over the long-term punishes him or herself often for not meeting this perceived standard then he or she will likely have low self-concept (Boeree, 2006). It is essential to understand that a skewed standard will likely result in low self-concept, if say an individual has a skewed sense of reality, or a skewed sense of how well others perform in the environment it will also likely result in a low self-concept. The skew can go either way, if the standard is too high even success will be viewed as not enough and if the standard is too low it may result in apathy or even self-aggrandizement. From these concepts Bandura derives three possible results from excessive self-punishment: "a. compensation -- a superiority complex, for example, and delusions of grandeur. b. inactivity -- apathy, boredom, depression. c. escape -- drugs and alcohol, television fantasies, or even the ultimate escape, suicide " (Boeree, 2006). It takes only a small leap to see how these three possible negative scenarios, affect individuals and society as a whole. In short just these three concepts can explain a whole string of serious social ills and possibly help to reduce their affects on individuals. According to Boeree, Bandura's advice to those who have poor self-efficacy and therefore a poor concept of self is to build on the following three steps:
1. Regarding self-observation -- know thyself! Make sure you have an accurate picture of your behavior.
2. Regarding standards -- make sure your standards aren't set too high. Don't set yourself up for failure! Standards that are too low, on the other hand, are meaningless.
3. Regarding self-response -- use self-rewards, not self-punishments. Celebrate your victories, don't dwell on your failures. (Boeree, 2006)
The development of this theory, as well as all its offshoots and challenges to individuals and society can aide in a greater understanding of self as well as a greater understanding of our role as influencers of others.
Implications/Conclusion
One can see from these brief descriptions of Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory the massive implications it has for transcending psychology and becoming a part of education theory, criminology theory, therapeutic models as well as many other social science applications. Criminology has utilized Bandura's work as a substantial basis for the development of juvenile deviance and crime causation and intervention (Isom, 1998).
Albert Bandura believed that aggression is learned through a process called behavior modeling. He believed that individuals do not actually inherit violent tendencies, but they modeled them after three principles (Bandura, 1976: p.204). Albert Bandura argued that individuals, especially children learn aggressive reponses [sic] from observing others, either personally or through the media and environment. He stated that many individuals believed that aggression will produce reinforcements. These reinforcements can formulate into reduction of tension, gaining financial rewards, or gaining the praise of others, or building self-esteem (Isom, 1998).
From these theories a whole school of thought and even treatment for juveniles in and out of the juvenile justice system are developed. The impetus of the intervention being the Bandura belief that early intervention will reduce deviance in the future (Bandura & Walters, 1959) (Bandura, Ross, & Ross, Imitation of Film-Mediated Aggressive Models, 1963) (Bandura a., Social Learning Theory of Aggression, 1978).
In education as well as other social sciences geared toward educating children and families regarding how to build better behaviors and grow community and civic responsibility Bandura...
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