Social Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature

A comprehensive perspective on human nature by one of the undisputed masters of the psychological sciences

The final book by psychology's most eminent modern figure, Dr. Albert Bandura, is the definitive concise presentation of his theoretical views. In Social Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective on Human Nature, 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 ove...