Me 4.6b Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality: Social-Cognitive Theories

Question 1

social-cognitive perspective

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a view of behaviour as influenced by the interaction between people’s traits (including their thinking) and their social context.

Question 2

behavioural approach

Answer 2

focuses on the effects of learning on our personality development.

Question 3

reciprocal determinism

Answer 3

The idea that personal factors, behaviour, and the environment interact to shape personality

Question 4

assessment centre approach

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a method used to evaluate job candidates through multiple assessments, including tests, interviews, and exercises like group discussions and problem-solving tasks

Question 5

Projective tests

Answer 5

Psychodynamic

Question 5

Personalty inventories, such as the MMPI (to determine scores on Big Five personality factors)

Answer 5

Traits

Question 5

Case study

Answer 5

Psychoanalytic, humanistic

Question 5

Survey

Answer 5

Trait, social-cognitive

Question 6

Observation

Answer 6

Social-cognitive

Question 7

Experimentation

Answer 7

Social-cognitive