A nurse performs behaviors that the treatment team would like the client to develop. The client internalizes these behaviors through pervasive imitation. The treatment team is integrating which cognitive theory in the client's treatment?

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Bandura developed his ideas after being concerned about violence on television contributing to aggression in children. He believes that important behaviors are learned by internalizing the behaviors of others. His initial contribution was identifying the process of modeling: pervasive imitation, or one person trying to be similar to another. Erickson identified eight stages of psychosocial development. Skinner proposed that if a behavior is reinforced or rewarded, the behavior will probably be repeated. Freud's psychoanalytic model identified the human mind as composed of conscious and unconscious mental processes.

A Nurse Performs Behaviors That the Treatment Team Would Like