"Social learning theory assumes that modeling influences produce learning principally through their informative functions and that observers acquire mainly symbolic representations of modeled activities rather than specific stimulus-response associations" (Bandura, 1977, p. 6)
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Bandura, A., & Walters, R. H. (1977). *Social learning theory* (Vol. 1, pp. 33-52). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-hall.
Bandura, A. (1969). Social learning of moral judgments. *Journal of Personality and Social Psychology*, *11*(3), 275–279. <https://doi.org/10.1037/h0026998>
focus: modeling influences produce generalized and enduring changes in moral judgments.
Foundation of Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura, A., 1986) Exact Definition & APA Citation
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