Limited Domain Theory

Question 1

Personality Development

Answer 1

tbd

Question 2

Locus of Control

Answer 2

Belief that reinforcement is either external or internal

Question 3

Internal Locus of Control Reinforcement

Answer 3

a belief that reinforcement is brought about by our own behavior

Question 4

External Locus of Control

Answer 4

a belief that reinforcement is under the control of other people, fate, or luck

Question 5

Rotter Definition of behavior

Answer 5

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Question 6

Rotter definition of goal

Answer 6

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Question 7

Zuckerman’s sensation seeking

Answer 7

The need for varied, novel and complex sensations and experiences
Has a large heredity component

Question 8

Sensation Seeking Measures

Answer 8

SSS (Sensation Seeking Scale) 40 item questionnaire

Question 9

Two Types of Sensation Seeking

Answer 9

non-impulsive socialize sensation seeking: good type: involves thrill and adventure seeking component

impulsive unsocialized sensation seeking: (bad) high scores on disinhibition. experience seeking and boredom susceptibility.

Question 10

Differences in SS

Answer 10

Age: younger tend to be more adventures
Gender: men higher in adventure seeking. Women higher in experience seeking.

Question 11

Seligaman Learned Helplessness

Answer 11

: a condition resulting from the perception that we have no control over our environment

Question 12

Optimistic Explanatory Style

Answer 12

can prevent learned helplessness

example:

Question 13

Explanatory Style

Answer 13

a way of explaining to ourselves our relative lack of control over an environment

Question 14

Pessimistic Style

Answer 14

spreads helplessness to all facets of life

Question 15

Positive Psychology

Answer 15

advanced in the late 1990s by Seligman- focused on what is good with people not what is wrong with them or bad with humans.
difference between humanistic approach is that positive psychology relies on rigorous experimental research