I would say that Ms. Yamashita demonstrates vicarious reinforcement. The reason I say this is that she praised Robin when she found out about her concept map. By doing this, the other students pick up that doing concept maps are good & the teacher like them. This could very well encourage the other students in the class to follow suit.
2. Is Mr. Kessinger considering reciprocal causation in his class? Explain your response, including all aspects of reciprocal causation in your reasoning.
I don't believe that he is. First of all, reciprocal causation entails environment, behavior, & personal variables. By yelling at Robin about creating a concept map & wanting to learn, he is creating a bad learning environment, not only just for her, but for other students as well. He is teaching them that if they take notes, they will get in trouble. Now, don't we as educators want our students to take notes & create such things as concept maps? This would be a good behavior, this is what we want our students to do. He is essentially disciplining his students for having good behavior. Also, by doing this he is really affecting Robin's & his students self efficacy, (personal variable)
3. Which self-regulated learning process is Robin engaging in when she creates her concept maps? Explain your reasoning.
This one I feel could probably go a couple of different way. Though for this question, I am going to go with Solicitation of outside help when needed. Robin is not trying to do everything on her own. She realized that she needed help so she makes a concept map & takes notes on what other students are saying. She wants their input to help her complete her goals of learning the material. She is not afraid to listen to others to help learn the material any which way she can.
4. How do you think Robin's self-efficacy has been affected by this experience. Be specific about which self-efficacies have been affected and justify your response with examples from the case study.
Her self efficacy in my opinion has been affected greatly. Before she had the run in with old man Kessinger, I believe that he self efficacy was at a high level. She is studying, doing well & learning. Though, after the run in, he pretty much shoots down her confidence & even though she did something good (concept map) & demonstrated good behavior, she was punished. Now, when she goes to her other class & the teacher praises her for her good behavior, she still thinks that she did something terribly wrong & took off crying. So even her resilience of self efficacy has been effected. She is having trouble completing successful tasks after experiencing a serious set back.
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