Bandura believes that personal/cognitive factors, our behaviour, and the external environment all influence each other and are influenced by each other. He calls this
A) operant conditioning outside the lab.
B) reciprocal determinism.
C) a combination theory.
D) a hierarchy of needs.

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Bandura's concept of reciprocal determinism states that the individual, the environment, and behavior all influence each other bidirectionally. This means that any of these factors can also be directly or indirectly affected by another factor. Therefore, option B is the best choice as it directly corresponds to Bandura's concept. The other options are not applicable to Bandura's theory.

Bandura Believes That Personal/cognitive Factors, Our Behaviour, and the External