Annie, a fifth-grade student in Mr. Baer’s class, is being
quiet and sullen for the fifth day in a row. “I just can’t do this writing
stuff,” she finally says in an appeal to Mr. Baer. “I’m not a good
student. Give me P.E. or art over this stuff any day!”
1) How does Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory help us
to understand Annie’s comment “I just can’t do this writing stuff”?