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Social Foundations of Thought and Action

Bandura A
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA: Prentice Hall, Inc.; 1986


A theoretical framework for analyzing human motivation, thought, and action from a social cognitive perspective. Bandura includes chapters on observational learning and incentives. Chapter 4, "Social Diffusion and Innovation," includes key information regarding how new ideas and social practices spread within a society, or from one society to another.


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