Social Cognitivism

Social Cognitivism is something that is easily used in theatre.  How we behave in theatre or in our day to day life is picked up intentionally or not and may end up being used in a performance.  So how can we use those behaviors that we observe to our benefit?
One thing that Ms. Brugger, the teacher I am observing, does to teach this to her class is she modeled for them how she wants the class to give feedback on someone's performance.  She did it herself to begin with, giving sandwich style feedback (something good, something they can improve on, and then something good).  She then explained the benefits of giving feedback this way, that it allows students to feel confident in their work and also gives them something to be working on as they continue to fix their performance.  She then had the students try it as the following students got up gave their performance.  Calling on students to give feedback, in the style that she modeled.  She would then ask the student who got the feedback how that feedback made them feel.  The students gave a positive response and it made them feel more confident in their performance.  I also observed that the students that followed went into their performance with more confidence because they knew that overall they would be able to feel good about the work that they did.  It created a vicarious reinforcement that if they give a good performance, they will feel better about the feedback they receive.  
The above example goes hand in hand with this article, which if you scroll down to "the intervention" section you can start to read how social cognitivism and theatre go hand in hand.  It states "we can learn by observing others and by receiving feedback from others."  Theatre is one of those subjects that is very opinionated and in the real world, you really can get a role or job based off of your looks and abilities.  So through social cognitivism, we can observe what is appropriate behavior and receive that necessary feedback to excel in our position.