Cognitive and Cognitive Behaviourism Flashcards
agentic perspective
Bandura’s view of persons as agents of experience.
behavior modification
A form of therapy that applies the principles of learning to achieve changes in behavior.
behavior potential
In Rotter’s theory, a variable that refers to the likelihood that a particular behavior will occur in a given situation.
behavioral signature
In Mischel’s theory, personality consistencies found in distinctive and stable IF-THEN patterns of variability across situations.
behavioral specificity
Michel’s view that an individual’s behavior is influenced by the specific situation.
CAPS
Acronym for Mischel and Shoda’s cognitive-affective system theory of personality.
expectancy
In Rotter’s theory, the individual’s subjective expectation about the outcome of his or her behavior.
I-E Scale
An assessment tool developed by Rotter that measures an individual’s perception of control.
locus of control
In Rotter’s theory, the extent to which a person believes that reinforcements are controlled by his or her own behavior (internal locus) or by other people or outside forces (external locus).
moral disengagement
In Bandura’s theory, practices that permits individuals and institutions to perpetuate and encourage violence and other inhumane activities while justifying and exonerating their behavior.
observational learning
In Bandura’s theory, learning that occurs through observation without any direct reinforcement.
psychological situation
The psychological context within which an organism responds.
reinforcement value
In Rotter’s theory, a variable that indicates the importance or preference of a particular reinforcement for an individual.
self-efficacy
In Bandura’s theory, a person’s perception of his or her effectiveness.
self-regulation
In Bandura’s theory, the influencing of one’s own behavior.
triadic reciprocal causation
In Bandura’s theory, the regulation of behavior by an interplay of behavioral, cognitive, and environmental factors.
cognitive complexity
The ability to perceive differences in the way in which one construes other people.
constructive alternativism
In Kelly’s theory, the assumption that any one event is open to a variety of interpretations.
corollaries
In Kelly’s theory, eleven statements that elaborate on the fundamental postulate.
personal construct
In Kelly’s theory, a hypothesis an individual forms in order to predict and control events, which makes the world meaningful and which is tested by later experience.
personal construct theory
George Kelly’s theory of personality.
Rep Test
Role Construct Repertory Test: a device developed by Kelly to reveal personal constructs by comparing and contrasting a number of significant persons in one’s life.
role
In social psychology, a set of behavioral expectations set forth by a particular society and fulfilled by its members. In Kelly’s theory, a process or behavior that people engage in based on their understanding of the behavior and constructs of others.
role-playing
A therapeutic technique in Kelly and Beck’s therapy, in which clients are asked to rehearse situations that will later happen in real life.