Analysis Of Albert Bandura's Social Cognitive Behavior

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(a) Albert Bandura’s Social cognitive model illustrates that an individual’s behavior, cognitive processes and their environment are correlative, and that they are important aspects in development. (Santrock, 2014) For example, the surroundings can affect how a person behaves and vice versa. In this case, during naptime, the children displayed different behaviors due to observational learning where they observe, cognitively creates a notion of how new behaviors function and uses it as a guide in how they will behave. Their difference in development can be seen through whether they possess self efficacy and how well they pay attention to behavior, retain the memory of it and deciding to replicate and sometimes, adopt the behavior.

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Books relating to naps or bedtime stories could be read the children in a comfortable and cozy area. This would help the children relax and calm down, which could also make them feel sleepy and help them fall asleep. Reading stories for the younger children while patting them as they lay down can make them feel more secure and fall asleep quicker.
Having reading sessions can also help the older children expand their vocabulary and have a better knowledge of the world around them. (Benedetti)

These activities can help strengthen their self efficacy where they feel a sense of control and believe that they have the ability to do and complete useful tasks. Teachers can be more encouraging by praising the children to help further boost their self efficacy and esteem, allowing them to feel motivated to do better. This could ensure a more conducive and positive nap environment for the children and allow the teachers struggle less especially on a daily …show more content…

In childcares, children have naptime which means that they would have to sleep in another environment aside from their home. Without having positive teacher-child relationship, feeling emotionally stable and security from their caregivers in school, they are seen to face difficulty in sleeping or following instructions during naptime.
Attachment can be formed with adults who meet the needs of the child and is seen as reliable and available. Bowlby (1988) suggested that children see as someone who they are attached to to be “stronger and wiser” than themselves and can be securely relied on. If the attachment is positive and secure, the child is likelier to develop in a positive manner in the long term. (Bowlby, 1969)
For 4-year-old Kelli, her refusal to sleep and be quiet despite repeated reminders from teachers could show that she may not have a positive social relationship with her teachers. Bowlby states that being attached to a caregiver in the first year of life has essential outcomes in the duration of one’s life, especially for social relationships (1969). Kelli’s insecurity and emotional instability could be due to a negative and insecure attachment to a caregiver in the first year of her life, which led to her being defiant and insecure. With the lack of attachment and positive social behavior, Kelli’s socio-emotional development

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