In relation to the theories considered previously, social-cognitive theory emphasizes (a) conscious cognitive processes and experimental data as opposed to the psychoanalytic emphasis on unconscious processes and clinical data; (b) the role of social context and contextual variability in cognition and action, as opposed to the global self-conceptions emphasized by Rogers; and (c) personal capabilities for action, including people’s potential to control and alter their own typical patterns of behavior, rather than the stable dispositional tendencies emphasized in the trait conceptions of personality

In relation to the theories considered previously, social-cognitive theory emphasizes (a) conscious cognitive processes and experimental data as opposed to the psychoanalytic emphasis on unconscious processes and clinical data; (b) the role of social context and contextual variability in cognition and action, as opposed to the global self-conceptions emphasized by Rogers; and (c) personal capabilities for action, including people’s potential to control and alter their own typical patterns of behavior, rather than the stable dispositional tendencies emphasized in the trait conceptions of personality.