The present article examines the nature and function of human agency within the conceptual model of triadic reciprocal causation. In analyzing the operation of human agency in this interactional causal structure, social cognitive theory accords a central role to cognitive, vicarious, self-reflective, and self-regulatory processes. The issues addressed concern the psychological mechanisms through which personal agency is exercised, the hierarchical structure of self-regulatory systems, eschewal of the dichotomous construal of self as agent and self as object, and the properties of a nondualistic but nonreductional conception of human agency. The relation of agent causality to the fundamental issues of freedom and determinism is also analyzed.

Albert Bandura

American Psychologist

American Psychologist is the official journal of the American Psychological Association. As such, the journal contains archival documents and articles covering current issues in psychology, the science and practice of psychology, and psychology"s contribution to public policy.

American Psychologist is the official journal of the American Psychological Association. It features archival documents and articles that address current issues in psychology, the science and practice of psychology, and the contributions of psychology to public policy.

《American Psychologist》是美国心理学会的官方期刊。该期刊包含档案文件和文章，涵盖心理学的当前问题、心理学的科学与实践，以及心理学对公共政策的贡献。

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Human agency in social cognitive theory.

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