Bandura’s paper marks a major shift in psychology by proposing self‑efficacy as the unifying cognitive mechanism underlying behavioural change. He begins by noting a paradox in the field: although theories increasingly emphasise cognitive processes, the most effective treatments tend to be performance‑based. Bandura resolves this by arguing that cognitive change is most powerfully induced through […]
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