Alternate/Competing Theory

Alternate/Competing Theory Another way to approach this study would be with Bandura’s (2005) social cognitive theory. Two features of the social cognitive theory could serve as a component of the theoretical framework for this study including: (a) the influence that parents have as role models for their children based on theory experiences associated with the norms, cultures, and values of impoverishment, and (b) the roles of the school and educational experiences as children. First, there is a concept of observational learning or modeling that occurs. Within the social cognitive theory, children observe other individuals patterns of thinking and behavior including those of their parents, teachers, and peers. Those observable patterns often facilitate and influence their own patterns and mindset that will determine future behavior (Bandura, 2005). Bandura (1969) added that parents are very influential and have a lasting impact on their children through modeling and teaching them. According to Bandura (1989), additional social influences that play a pivotal role in the child’s development includes other people they interact with and the media they are exposed to. It is evident that parents are the
Therefore, Bandura documented that many of those contributing elements included age-graded motives that are provided by custom within family, educational and organizational systems. Bandura does not exclusively believe that environmental influences are the single determinant predicting outcomes for future behavior in people’s lives, but he affirms they are a contributing influences. Within the framework of this theory, one can suggest that past experiences that parents have had in school plays a significant role in the mindset they take as an active participant their child’s