Definition
Reciprocal determinism, is the concept proposed by Bandura (1978) that describes the interaction and mutual influence between individual factors, such as cognition and behavior, and social factors, such as environmental influences.
Introduction
Reciprocal determinism is a central concept in Albert Bandura’s social learning theory (1977) and refers to the continuous interplay between personal factors, such as how an individual thinks, feels, and behaves, and environmental factors. Specifically, Bandura outlined the give-and-take nature between an individual’s thoughts, (cognition) acts, (behavior), and the environment. Previous theories of learning focused on uni- or bidirectional interplay between the individual and environment, such that the environment impacted the individual or that individuals perform a behavior independent of the environment. However, Bandura emphasized the mutual interdependence of these...
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Little, B. (2018). Reciprocal Determinism. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1807-1
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