After Alison saw her sister knock an earring down the drain after setting them next to the sink, Alison began putting her earrings in her jewelry box when she took them off. Which part of the social cognitive theory addresses Alison’s new behavior?

Alison saw her sister lose an earring by leaving it beside the sink, then changed her own behavior by putting her earrings in a jewelry box. Learning by watching another person’s behavior and its consequences is observational learning. Reciprocal determinism concerns interactions among behavior, personal factors, and the environment, rather than this specific learning process.

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