Self-Control and Perception in Behavior

Abstract

Another distinctive feature of socio-cognitive theory is the excellent role of a person, which gives his ability to control himself to his own . By regulating the immediate environment, providing cognitive support and realizing the consequences of their actions, people are able to somehow influence their behavior. Of course, self-control functions are created and are rarely provided with environmental influences. Thus, they are of external origin, but one should not ignore the fact that simultaneously established internal influences partially regulate a person's behavior. In addition, Bandura notes that high intellectual abilities, such as the ability to work with symbols, provide a powerful tool for influencing our environment. Through verbal and figurative images, we produce and maintain the experience as a guide to behavior in the future . Our ability to describe the results of the desired future turns us into behavioral strategies aimed at targeting distant goals. Using the ability to work with characters, we can solve problems without resorting to the real, open behavior of tests and errors, thus anticipating the likely consequences of different behaviors and, accordingly, changing our behavior. Imagine a child who knows that if he breaks his sister's favorite toy, he will cry and worry his mother, blaming the one who broke the toy and forcing her to punish him. Imagining possible consequences, the child prefers to play with his toys so as not to provoke the anger of the parents and maintain the positive affirming behavior of the mother. Each of us had experience in solving any problem and found that if someone solved it, it would be easy to make fun of. The tracking factor is the key to the problem. Observing, children do not know whether they like to do homework every day or play certain games. Also, through observation, they can learn to be aggressive, altruistic, sensitive and even unbearable. In many cases, the simulated behavior must be studied how it is performed. Cycling, skateboarding, writing and dental treatment, for example, allow you to give up very little of the existing practice.