Reconstrual of "Free Will" From the Agentic Perspective of Social Cognitive Theory

Are We Free?: Psychology and Free Will

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bandura, Albert ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Determining conditions; Intentionality; Neuronal mechanisms; Personal control; Second order control; Self regulation; Triadic determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920363126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195189636.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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