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”?