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# Overview of Social Cognitive Theory and of Self-Efficacy

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"Social cognitive theory is rooted in a view of human agency in which individuals are agents proactively engaged in their own development and can make things happen by their actions... This conceptual extension makes the theory applicable to human adaptation and change in collectivistically-oriented societies as well as individualistically-oriented ones."

### Scientific Studies & Papers

Author of Study or Paper

Frank Pajares

Source

Emory University

Date Published

2002

Scientific Link

[http://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/Pajares/eff.html](http://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/Pajares/eff.html)

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