Bray Amaraos is an individual that for most of his life was in a vicious cycle of chaotic social and personal influences that Bandura called reciprocal determinism. That is, external factors, such as rewards and punishments, internal factors, such as beliefs or thoughts, and behavior as explained in chapter 13 in our textbook. He observed violence at a tender age and believed that the world operates as such. I rationalize that Bray’s behavior and cognitive process can be evaluated through social cognitive theory.
Social cognitive theory states that a fraction of a person's insight can be directly relevant to analyzing others through certain conditions such as, social interactions, personal reality, and media influences. The theory offers that …show more content…
Maddi wrote in his book Personality Theories: A Comparative Analysis that rather than having internal dispositions and inherent characteristics there is emphasis on learning from social surroundings that determine behavior. Social learning theory is based on cognition or information processing, which is rational and logical thought. Social learning theorists emphasize rational process of learning from experience. Two main points can be derived from cognitive behavior; one is the assumption that learning can take place without the person emitting a response and receiving positive or negative reinforcement, and two is, the paramount importance of learning that is attributed to cognition, which is internal and not directly observable. It is possible to observe someone else behaving in a certain manner in response to a given situation and learn just by seeing what happens to them. Observational learning is learning that occurs as a function of observing, retaining, and replicating behavior seen in others. In the case of Armaraos, his behavior and cognition were heavily influenced by what he had observed of others around him. He was able to formulate an idea that to him, was morally and ethically correct. Violence, hatred, corruption, and brutal punishment were what must be done to accomplish social order. In an effort to determine Armaraos’ personality the ‘big five’ can be used to evaluate his own personality factors: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. He was insecure, reserved, conforming, ruthless, suspicious, organized, and self-disciplined in his actions towards
Social cognitive theory states that a fraction of a person's insight can be directly relevant to analyzing others through certain conditions such as, social interactions, personal reality, and media influences. The theory offers that …show more content…
Maddi wrote in his book Personality Theories: A Comparative Analysis that rather than having internal dispositions and inherent characteristics there is emphasis on learning from social surroundings that determine behavior. Social learning theory is based on cognition or information processing, which is rational and logical thought. Social learning theorists emphasize rational process of learning from experience. Two main points can be derived from cognitive behavior; one is the assumption that learning can take place without the person emitting a response and receiving positive or negative reinforcement, and two is, the paramount importance of learning that is attributed to cognition, which is internal and not directly observable. It is possible to observe someone else behaving in a certain manner in response to a given situation and learn just by seeing what happens to them. Observational learning is learning that occurs as a function of observing, retaining, and replicating behavior seen in others. In the case of Armaraos, his behavior and cognition were heavily influenced by what he had observed of others around him. He was able to formulate an idea that to him, was morally and ethically correct. Violence, hatred, corruption, and brutal punishment were what must be done to accomplish social order. In an effort to determine Armaraos’ personality the ‘big five’ can be used to evaluate his own personality factors: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. He was insecure, reserved, conforming, ruthless, suspicious, organized, and self-disciplined in his actions towards