Modern Interactionist Approach- Mischel

Question 1

Delay of gratification

Answer 1

A specific aspect of self-control that occurs when an individual chooses to forgo an immediate reinforcer in order to wait for a later, better reinforcer.

Question 2

Strategies

Answer 2

According to Walter Mischel, individual differences in the meanings people give to stimuli and reinforcement that are learned during experiences with situations and their rewards.

Question 3

Competencies

Answer 3

a person’s abilities and knowledge

Question 4

Encoding Strategies

Answer 4

the schemas and mechanisms one uses to process and encode information

Question 5

Expectancies

Answer 5

According to Mischel, a personality variable encompassing a person’s outcome expectancies and self-efficacy expectancies.

Question 6

Plans

Answer 6

Acc. to Mischel, a personality variable encompassing out intentions for our actions.

Question 7

Behavioral Signature

Answer 7

(Mischel), the set of situation-behavior relationships that are typical of an individual and that contribute to the apparent consistency of an individual’s personality.

Question 8

Attribution theories

Answer 8

Theories that examine the ways in which individuals draw inferences about other people’s behavior.