After reading Chapter 17, you should be able to:

1. Define and give examples of observational learning.
2. List and define the processes governing observational learning.
3. Define Bandura's concept of triadic reciprocal causation.
4. Explain and give at least one example of the effect that chance encounters and fortuitous events may have on a person's life path.
5. Define and discuss Bandura's concept of human agency.
6. Define and give examples of self-efficacy.
7. Describe the sources of self-efficacy.
8. Define and give examples of proxy agency.
9. Define and give examples of collective efficacy.
10. Discuss Bandura's concept of self-regulation through moral agency.
11. Discuss ways in which people justify their own actions through disengagement of internal control.
12. Describe Bandura's approach to understanding dysfunctional behavior.
13. Briefly describe some of the recent research generated by Bandura's theory.