{"product_id":"social-cognitive-theory-albert-bandura-9781394161454","title":"Social Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive perspective on human nature by one of the undisputed masters of the psychological sciences \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe final book by psychology's most eminent modern figure, Dr. Albert Bandura, is the definitive concise presentation of his theoretical views. In \u003ci\u003eSocial Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, Bandura explains how his half-century of research and theory on the determinants of thought and action highlight people's capacity for agency: the ability to exert control over one's actions and the courses of one's development. He further explains how his basic theory and research have been applied, world-wide, for the betterment of the human condition. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders will find: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to the author's agentic-perspective on human nature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDr. Bandura's theoretical analyses of moral behavior and moral disengagement\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplications of the basic principles of Social Cognitive Theory to personal and social change for human betterment\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn essential and groundbreaking resource for educational, health, and personality psychologists, \u003ci\u003eSocial Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature\u003c\/i\u003e will also prove indispensable to social and industrial\/organizational psychologists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert Bandura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 139416145X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781394161454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Albert Bandura","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46420391952639,"sku":"9781394161454","price":48.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f30e724-c9ca-44d5-a80c-fb435199d8e0.jpg?v=1734634498","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/social-cognitive-theory-albert-bandura-9781394161454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}