P- SLT focused on human traits of consciousness and rationality. it is less deterministic than the behaviourist approach as the concept of free will is incorporated through reciprocal determinism
E- Bandura emphasised this in the sense that we are not merely influenced by our external environment, but we also exert an influence upon it though the behaviours we choose to perform.
L- this element of choice suggests that there is some free will in the way we behave
