Chapter 2: Post #1.

In chapter 2, I was very interested in the topic of the social learning theory, which shows the influence that other people have over someone else's behavior. People learn many things through observation because they are often watching someone else do something in order to fully understand it themselves. Our text talks about modeling when discussing the social learning theory, where it begins to occur in childhood, although we still continue to use it in our daily lives. Social learning deals with our interpretations of the experiences that we have, but it also shows that we often learn from each other. The subject of self-efficacy in social learning is very interesting as well. It is the belief that people have the ability to change themselves. For example, people might have motivation to change themselves once they see a friend strive toward something and succeed, showing you that you can have the possibility of doing that yourself also. It's amazing how this topic can show us how much others influence our behavior, and make us act a certain way or do things that we wouldn't normally do. Seeing someone succeed in something teaches one to have high hopes for themselves. Those experiences that we have almost fuel our motivation to change and continue to develop to create better lives. That's so interesting to me, and hopefully it is to everyone else as well!