lec 6 Flashcards
What is the social-cognitive perspective
Social learning is how we develop
What did Bandura Propose?
What is Bandura’s Self System?
The set of cognitive processes we use to regulate behaviour like goals and thoughts
What is bandura’s key idea?
The internalization of knowledge, effects of prior reinforcement are internalized
What is self-efficacy? What does it effect?
How well you expect you will be able to behave
It effects if you try, how much you try
What did Rotter suggest?
There is a locus of control, internal will believe in autonomous control over their behaviour, external will believe things are more out of their control
What did Mischel accomplish?
He correlated delayed gratification with later success, but SES might also play a role in this.
What is behavioral genetics?
Impacts of genes on personality
How do we study behavioral genetics?
Twin studies
What neurological factors would affect behaviour?
Hormones and NTs, brain structures/activity
Longevity is correlated with which personality traits?
Conscientiousness
Optimism
Neuroticism
According to the trait approach, what are the Eysenck proposed 3 trait factors?
Intro/extra version
neuroticism/stability
psychoticism/control
What are the big 5 traits?
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticisms
