Perspective (graphical)

Sociology

Neuroscience

Cognitive science

Social science

Agency (philosophy)

Epistemology

Machine learning

Philosophy

Cognition

Artificial intelligence

Psychology

Causation

Proxy (statistics)

Computer science

Social psychology

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Social cognitive theory is founded on an agentic perspective. This article reviews the core features of human agency and the individual, proxy, and collective forms in which it is exercised. Agency operates through a triadic codetermination process of causation. Knowledge from this line of theorizing is widely applied to effect individual and social change, including worldwide applications that address some of the most urgent global problems.

Toward a Psychology of Human Agency: Pathways and Reflections