Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory
- Reciprocal Determinism: who we are shape our interaction with environment, which also shapes who we are
- Self-concept: our overall view of our abilities, behavior, and personality & what we know about ourselves
- Self-esteem: a part of our self-concept, how we evaluate ourselves
- Self-Efficacy: I am competent to achieve desired result with effort; adaptive for individualism
- Collective-Efficacy: we can achieve our desired result with effort; adaptive for collectivism
- Locus of Control: as seen in "Attribution Theory and Person Perception"
Trait theory: personality is stable and relatively permanent throughout life
- The Big Five Personality Factors (OCEAN): Openness to experience, Conscientiousness (most predictive of success), Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism