SOCIAL COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

BY
Catherine Wee Bee Hiong
Siti Khadijah Abdul Wahab
Radin Shahrilliza Jamil
Mosayeb Gohari
 Overview
Extended version of behaviorism theory

• learner imitate other’s behavior

• an involvement of the environment in altering
learner’s behavior

Cause:
1.new behaviors
2.facilitate existing behaviors
3.change inhibitions
4.arouse emotions
Overview
Process of Social Cognitive Approach
 Social Cognitive Approach in the
Classroom (Direct)
LANGUAGE CLASS

Students would imitate teacher’s pronunciation , intonation, pauses

and stress of natural speech to learn language.

LABORATORY WORK/LIVING SKILL CLASS

The teacher demonstrated experiment /procedures in front of class for

students to follow.
 Social Cognitive Approach in the
Classroom (Symbolic)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS

Teacher showing an advertisement on the danger of smoking. It is

hoped that the video commercial would arouse students’ fears, hence

change their negative attitude to a positive one.

LANGUAGE / MORAL / CIVIC CLASS

Learners reading stories or watching movies. Ability to use their

imagination to imitate the characters in stories, learn values and able to

discriminate and make decisions.

Social Cognitive Approach in the
Classroom (Synthesizing)