Attitude And Arousal Flashcards
What is trait theroy?
The theroy that says that peolle are born with innate characteristics and traits
What is socialisation?
The idea that you develop personality traits by assiociating and learning from others
Whats social learning theroy?
The theroy that suggests that we learn personality traits from those around us through socialiastion
What are the 2 types of socialisation
Primary and secondary
Example of primary socialisation
Learning from immediate influences like family or feiends
Example of secondary socialisation
Learning from others further arojnd you for example media or school
What is interactionist perspective theroy
The theroy that combines both trait and social learning theroy to predict behaviour
What is the hollander approach to interactionist perspective theroy
Says personality is made of 3 features: core, typical responses and role related
What is the core
The values and beliefs of the individual
What is typical responses
Use of inherent displayed to certain situations
What is the role related bit of hollander approach
Suggests that people may adapt or adopt different behaviour dependong on the situation
What is the credulous approach
The idea that personality can predict behaviour
What is the sceptical approach
The idea that doubts that personality can predict behaviour
What is attitude
Ideas charged with emotions that produce specfic behaviour to a specgic situation
What are the three parts to an attitude (triadic model)
Cognitive-your thoughts
Affective-your feelings
Behavioural-your actions
What is cognitive dissonance
Descrjbes the new infomation given to the performer to cause unease and motivate change
What is persuasive comminication
Is the idea that the message needs to be understood as you normally have to overcome a core belief which are stable
How do you change an attitude?
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
What is B=f(p x e)
Personality equals behaviour times by environment
Personality definition
The combination of characteristics or qualities that show certain behaviour
Trait definition
A distingushing quality or characteristic that causes certain behaviour
Whats the dominant response
Is the natural reaction that you would have to a guven stkmulus
How does experience effect arousal
More experience generally means that you can control your arousal better
How does personality effect arousal
Depending on wether you are jntroverted or extroverted you will benefit more from different levels of arousal
What is the nature of task
The nature of task affects how much arousal you will need in certain situations
