2-socogstud Flashcards
Core of Social-Cognitive Approach
People differ in theories and expectancies about, strategies for navigating, and competencies brought to the interpersonal world.
People differ in theories and expectancies about, strategies for navigating, and competencies brought to the interpersonal world.
Core of Social-Cognitive Approach
Julian Rotter’s Locus of Control Theory
Folks differ in extent to which:
1. They expect specific behaviors to lead specific outcomes in specific situations.
- They generally expect general classes of behaviors to lead to certain outcomes.
- They attach subjective value (reinforcement value) to those outcomes.
Internal Locus of Control:
Perceive connection between own behaviors and consequences.
think your actions will determine the consequences in your life
Perceive connection between own behaviors and consequences.
Internal Locus of Control:
External Locus of Control
Do not see connection between own behaviors and consequences. Tend to think that external forces control outcomes.
Do not see connection between own behaviors and consequences. Tend to think that external forces control outcomes.
External Locus of Control
Typical Internal-External Finding?
Internals tend to adjust outcome expectancies upward following success and downward following failure.
Externals tend to do the opposite: seem to commit the gambler’s fallacy; to assume they are due for good luck after they’ve had bad luck, vice versa.
Cognitive Affective Person Variables
Competencies:what the person knows and can do.(E.G., Intelligence, social maturity, cognitive maturity.)
Self-Regulatory Plans:Choice of situations, self-reinforcement schemes, etc.
Encodings (Construals, Personal Constructs): Differences in the way the exact same situation is perceived.
Expectancies and Beliefs
Expectancies and Beliefs:
- Self-efficacy expectancies: beliefs about whether one is capable to perform a specific behavior.
- Behavior-outcome expectancies: beliefs about what will happen if certain behaviors are performed.
Affects
Characteristic emotional responses to given situations and thoughts
Characteristic emotional responses to given situations and thoughts
Affects
Goal
any thought (conscious or unconscious) of self in the future that directs behavior.
any thought (conscious or unconscious) of self in the future that directs behavior.
Goal
Value
subjective desirability and priority of outcome.
subjective desirability and priority of outcome.
Value
Mischel & Shoda’s Cognitive-Affective Personality System “CAPS”
Cognitive- affective person variables form a unique and stable organization within the person.
When activated, triggers person’s unique pattern of personality processing dynamics (and behavior).
Referred to as “If . . . Then . . . Situation-Behavior Signatures.”
If rejection sensitive (RS) person gets into an argument with partner, . . .
ENCODINGS: Argument means rejection.
EXPECTS: Partner will leave no matter what she does.
AFFECTS: Frustrated, angry, and depressed.
SELF-REGULATORY PLAN: Lashes out at partner to save face and bolster SE.
COMPETENCIES: Repertoire of controlling and manipulative behaviors (e.g., self-silencing, ingratiation) typically employed is not utilized. And lacks other down-regulatory distancing strategies
GOALS & VALUES: Desperately tries to avoid abandonment.
Partner actually leaves, thus fueling self-defeating RS pattern.
Fournier et al (2008):
Classified situations as (1) Agreeable-Dominant, (2) Agreeable-Submissive, (3) Quarrelsome-Dominant, and (4) Quarrelsome-Submissive.
Found that:
- Some Ss consistently more dominant across sits (evidence of traits).
- Some Ss were consistently dominant only in certain sits (evidence of behavioral signatures).
Mischelian “signatures” exist and must be understood (CAPS a good place to start)?
Core of Bandura’s theory
we regulate our behavior by observing, judging, and responding to it
Three Stages of Bandura’s theory
- Self-observation of behavior
- Judgmental processes: personal standards, performance attribution
- Self-response: rewarding or punishing
Self-Observation of Behavior
observe quality, rate, quantity, originality, morality, etc. of behavior
observe quality, rate, quantity, originality, morality, etc. of behavior
Self-Observation of Behavior
judgmental Process
judge behavior based on personal standards, referential performances, valuation of activity, performance attribution