The Social Learning Theory and Sociocultural Theory

Relationship between facts and theories
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When we grow up, we tend to think and behave similarly to the people who spend most of their time around us. The social learning theory suggests that human beings learn by watching others. Albert Bandura suggests that children learn by imitating and copying people around them(Lally and French, 2019). Furthermore, the idea implies that our environment greatly influences our behaviors and thinking. Moreover, there is an interdependence between human beings and their surroundings. We respond to our surroundings according to our judgment of how we should respond. The decision is also dependent on how we relate to the surrounding. However, we also influence the way our surrounding responds to our thoughts and actions. Therefore, when we are frequently around people of a specific trait and habit, we tend to borrow these traits. Human ...