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(PS) Social cognitive perspective

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lacrossegirl420

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I'm getting two contradictory definitions on this term. (1) A combination of social, environmental, and behavioral factors. (2) it's primarily to do with observational learning (so the behavioral side). If it's primarily observational learning, then why is (1), which seems to weigh the three factors equally & in conjunction with each other, the definition of the term? Really confused about this