Describe the components and dynamics of Albert Bandura's triadic reciprocal causation model. ...

Answer to #1

Bandura's triadic reciprocal causation model holds that people's behavior is the result of interactions among three elementspersonal characteristics, behavior patterns, and environmental factors. Personal characteristics are cognitive factors (such as goal setting, learning skills, and self-efficacy beliefs), affective factors (such as anxiety and satisfaction), and metacognitive factors (such as knowledge of the role of strategic processes in learning and monitoring). Behavior patterns are such behaviors as self-observation and self-evaluation. Environmental factors are elements of the individual's physical and social environment and include the nature of the learning task, reinforcing and punishing consequences, and the influences of other people. Because the model is reciprocal, or interactive, pairs of elements (personal characteristics and behavior patterns, for example) can influence each other.

Answer to #2

Vygotsky believed that our thinking is influenced both by current social forces, meaning the interactions we have with others, and historical cultural forces, meaning those behaviors that a culture has valued for hundreds or thousands of years and passes along to successive generations.

Makes more sense now, TY