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Social Cognitive Theory

Social cognitive theory accounts for the social origin of human thought and action. Albert Bandura, Ph.D. developed social cognitive theory (SCT) in the 1980s. In Social Foundations of Thought & Action: A Social Cognitive Theory” Bandura writes that SCT expands the scope of its precursor, social learning theory, by encompassing “psychosocial phenomena that extend beyond issues of learning” (Foundations xii). He distinguishes STC from social learning theory by explaining the two-part meaning of the new label. “The social portion of the terminology acknowledges the social origins of much human thought and action; the cognitive portion recognizes the influential causal contribution of thought processes to human motivation, affect, and action. The relabeling carries no claim of theoretical parentage” (Foundations xii).