ABSTRACT
In 1954 the author published a social-learning theory of personality and complex human behavior that attempted to integrate the two major traditions in psychology—the S-R or reinforcement theories on the one hand, and the cognitive or field theories on the other. Whereas the basic assumptions of the theory have not changed in the intervening years, various aspects have been added to or refined and new elements added. The purpose of this chapter is to summarize the present status of the psychological situation as a theoretical variable in this theory.
