Applying Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory

My assumptions on human nature are that everyone is born with a clean slate. I think it is the society they grow up in that shapes them into what they grow up to be. But, if someone is brought up in a violent household, town, country, or even community, they are more likely to be the self-centered violent members of society. If all members of a society had a common goal and worked hard to reach self-actualization, they would much happier, which would cause less conflict. In order to achieve self-actualization, you must work hard, strive for greatness, and do what makes you happy regardless of what that might be. Overall, I believe everyone is born with the opportunity to succeed and it is their up-bringing and choices in life that shape whether …show more content…
Bandura’s Social Cognitive theory proposes that people are driven not by their inner forces, but by external factors. I think that people know that their personal factors affect their behavior, their behavior affects the environment, and the environment affects their personal factors. I believe people learn from their peers. I think it all starts at home with what their home life is like and I believe it wears off of them and that’s how they learn how to live. After they get in their ways, I believe it is hard for them to change, but if they realize that they actions are not only affecting them and their life, it is also affecting their family, school, town, and communities around them. If they would go to or take an empathy class, they could do an activity that they put what is important to them on top and what is least important on the bottom, then they realize how their actions affect all of those things, all the way from the important things to the least important things. I would hope they would be open to changing and want to change, especially after seeing how much pain and stress they are putting on their peers around …show more content…
I think counseling would also assist these individuals overcome sexual fantasies, drug addiction, gambling problems, obesity, fears and anxieties, and alcohol problems. Counseling could also help with interpersonal problems, emotional problems, and with the development of learning decision-making. Like I said earlier, the decisions they make not only affect themselves, but also affect their families, their schools, and their communities. So, to get an individual to realize their full potential, could help them in the long run because they would their self-worth, hopefully broaden their horizons, and put it into their work. A definition of the role and function of the counselor would be to individualize interaction depending on the client’s personality type. If the client seems more introverted or extroverted, if the client seems to talk more logically or emotionally, and if the client seems to be more cautious or compulsive. I think it is important for a counselor to listen and to reflect, by restating what the client expressed. This is important because it lets the client understand that he or she is being understood and it allows for any misunderstanding to get