Attitude And Arousal

Question 1

What is trait theroy?

Answer 1

The theroy that says that peolle are born with innate characteristics and traits

Question 2

What is socialisation?

Answer 2

The idea that you develop personality traits by assiociating and learning from others

Question 3

Whats social learning theroy?

Answer 3

The theroy that suggests that we learn personality traits from those around us through socialiastion

Question 4

What are the 2 types of socialisation

Answer 4

Primary and secondary

Question 5

Example of primary socialisation

Answer 5

Learning from immediate influences like family or feiends

Question 6

Example of secondary socialisation

Answer 6

Learning from others further arojnd you for example media or school

Question 7

What is interactionist perspective theroy

Answer 7

The theroy that combines both trait and social learning theroy to predict behaviour

Question 8

What is the hollander approach to interactionist perspective theroy

Answer 8

Says personality is made of 3 features: core, typical responses and role related

Question 9

What is the core

Answer 9

The values and beliefs of the individual

Question 10

What is typical responses

Answer 10

Use of inherent displayed to certain situations

Question 11

What is the role related bit of hollander approach

Answer 11

Suggests that people may adapt or adopt different behaviour dependong on the situation

Question 12

What is the credulous approach

Answer 12

The idea that personality can predict behaviour

Question 13

What is the sceptical approach

Answer 13

The idea that doubts that personality can predict behaviour

Question 14

What is attitude

Answer 14

Ideas charged with emotions that produce specfic behaviour to a specgic situation

Question 15

What are the three parts to an attitude (triadic model)

Answer 15

Cognitive-your thoughts
Affective-your feelings
Behavioural-your actions

Question 16

What is cognitive dissonance

Answer 16

Descrjbes the new infomation given to the performer to cause unease and motivate change

Question 17

What is persuasive comminication

Answer 17

Is the idea that the message needs to be understood as you normally have to overcome a core belief which are stable

Question 18

How do you change an attitude?

Answer 18

Negitive attitudes can be swapped into positive ones by:
Persuasion from a perceived expert
Making fun in training
Allowing early success
Using positive reinforcement 
Using role model
Cognitive dissonance

Question 19

What is B=f(p x e)

Answer 19

Personality equals behaviour times by environment

Question 20

Personality definition

Answer 20

The combination of characteristics or qualities that show certain behaviour

Question 21

Trait definition

Answer 21

A distingushing quality or characteristic that causes certain behaviour

Question 22

Whats the dominant response

Answer 22

Is the natural reaction that you would have to a guven stkmulus

Question 23

How does experience effect arousal

Answer 23

More experience generally means that you can control your arousal better

Question 24

How does personality effect arousal

Answer 24

Depending on wether you are jntroverted or extroverted you will benefit more from different levels of arousal

Question 25

What is the nature of task

Answer 25

The nature of task affects how much arousal you will need in certain situations