<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs attention from an expert in Psychology . Please add a reason or a talk parameter to this template to explain the issue with the article . WikiProject Psychology may be able to help recruit an expert . (November 2008) </Td> </Tr> <P> Reciprocal determinism is the theory set forth by psychologist Albert Bandura which states that a person's behavior both influences and is influenced by personal factors and the social environment . Bandura accepts the possibility that an individual's behavior may be conditioned through the use of consequences . At the same time he asserts that a person's behavior (and personal factors, such as cognitive skills or attitudes) can impact the environment . These skill sets result in an under - or overcompensated ego that, for all creative purposes, is too strong or too weak to focus on pure outcome . This is important because Bandura was able to prove the strong correlation between this with experiments . </P> <P> Bandura was able to show this when he created the Bandura's Box experiment . As an example, Bandura's reciprocal determinism could occur when a child is acting out in school . The child doesn't like going to school; therefore, he / she acts out in class . This results in teachers and administrators of the school disliking having the child around . When confronted by the situation, the child admits he / she hates school and other peers don't like him / her . This results in the child acting inappropriately, forcing the administrators who dislike having him / her around to create a more restrictive environment for children of this stature . Each behavioral and environmental factor coincides with the child and so forth resulting in a continuous battle on all three levels . </P> <P> Reciprocal determinism is the idea that behavior is controlled or determined by the individual, through cognitive processes, and by the environment, through external social stimulus events . The basis of reciprocal determinism should transform individual behavior by allowing subjective thought processes transparency when contrasted with cognitive, environmental, and external social stimulus events . </P>

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