Personality- Social-Cognitive Approach. Flashcards
Trait, psychodynamic and humanistic theories emphasise ______, personal causes of ______.
internal, behaviour
What are Pavlov, Skinner and Watson called?
behaviourists
What do behaviourists emphasise?
Environmental, external causes of behaviour
Classical and Operant conditioning can together be called the ______ of _______.
laws, learning
The laws of learning have great relevance for understanding _______.
personality
What is the social cognitive approach a combination of?
Combo of Behavioural approach and Cognitive approach.
This approach looks at the ____ of a thinking human with the ______ ______.
interaction, social environment
What did Bandura (1986) come up with?
Reciprocal determinism
Name the 3 factors that influence Reciprocal Determinism.
Behavioural factors, environmental factors and personal factors.
______ determinism is a key social-_______ concept.
Reciprocal, cognitive
Explain Reciprocal Determinism
If you are not nice, people wont be nice to you, and you will continue to be not be nice because you think other people are being mean to you- vicious cycle!
People desire ______ over their circumstances.
control
People _____ from having control over their circumstances.
benefit
Field Experiments in a care home showed that the group given free will were _______. This is because they were given an element of _______.
happier, control
However what can too much choice lead to (Schwartz 2004) ?
Anxiety and stress.
What are used to explain behaviours?
attributions
When we succeed what attribution do we tend to use to explain this?
Dispositional attributions
When we fail what attribution what attribution do we tend to use to explain this?
Situational attributions
What is attributional style?
The way a person typically explains the things that happen in his or her life.
name the attribution:
“I did not study enough”
Internal
name the attribution:
“The teacher misled the class on what to study”
External
name the attribution:
“I am generally not a knowledgeable person”
Global
name the attribution:
“I am knowledgeable on this subject”
Specific
name the attribution:
“no matter what, I will usually fail on tests”
stable
name the attribution:
“with some extra effort, I could pass the next test”
unstable
What would be used to describe an internal, global and stable way of thinking?
Depression
What is self control?
The ability to pursue a goal while adequately managing internal conflicts about it.
If we delay pursuing a goal because of other considerations or constraints this can also be classed as ______ _______.
self control
What is gratification?
pleasure, especially when gained from the satisfaction of a desire.
Children who are able to delay gratification will later on in life generally have _______ life outcomes.
better
Self-Regulatory ability can be learned at _____ age.
any
The social-cognitive approach has a _____ ______ base.
strong scientific
The social cognitive approach has increased our understanding of what?
how processes within person interact with situation
A contribution of the social-cognitive approach is the ability to ______________.
translate insights from other approaches into cognitive-behavioural concepts.
