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Self Regulation Perspective Flashcards

1
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what is attitude?

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personal evaluation of the likely outcome of an action + the desirability of that outcome

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what are subjective norms?

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impression of how relevant others value an action + your interest in pleasing them

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link between cognition + behaviour?

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when we think about what we want, look at likely outcome of action.
- more successful = more likely to set goal + achieve.

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two types of intentions?

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goal intention

implementation intention

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what is goal intention?

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the intention to attain some particular outcome

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what is implementation intention?

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intention to take specific actions in specific contexts

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why intentions are good?

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  1. help organize, accomplish goals

2. situational cues: facilitate goal-directed activity

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motivations in freud + maslow/rogers?

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F: aggressive + sexual motives

M/R: self-actualization.

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three elements of motivation?

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  1. goal : end that is desired
  2. strategies: means to achieve goal
  3. goals drive behaviour:
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what are explicit goals?

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those you can talk about + willingly describe

- can be measured

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what are implicit goals?

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those that people may not realize they have.

- can be measured with projective tests

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happiness in terms of goals?

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need progress toward implicit + explicit to lead to happiness

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what are specific goals?

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immediate, represent something intended to be accomplished soon

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what are general goals?

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tend to be long-term

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goals arranged hierarchically - why?

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to reach l-t goal, may try to achieve many s-t goals along the way

  • when well-organized, life is mooth with clear purpose
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what are idiographic goals?

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unique to the individuals who pursue them

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current concerns:

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ongoing motivation that persists in the mind until the goal is either attained or abandoned.

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what are personal projects?

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another kind of idiographic goal

  • what people do, made up of efforts people put into goals
  • organizing goals that people pursue at particular times of their lives
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what are personal strivings?

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long-term goals that can organize broad areas of a person’s life

  • can provide useful insights into what person is like
  • can be source of difficulty
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properties + limitations of idiographic goals?

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  • held consciously at least sometimes
  • describe thoughts + behaviours aimed at fairly specific outcomes
  • changeable over time
  • assumed to function independently *
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what are nomothetic goals?

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  • relatively small number of essential motivations that almost everyone pursues.
22
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3 primary motivations drive human behaviour?

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  1. need for achievement
  2. need for affiliation
  3. need for power
23
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what are judgement goals?

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seeking to judge/validate an attribute in oneself

24
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what are development goals?

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desire to actually improve oneself

25
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how are development goals + judgement goals different?

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produce different reactions to failure
- D: responds to failure with mastery-oriented pattern [try harder]
judgement goal responds to failure with helpless pattern [ shut down]

26
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Dweck’s different implicit theories

- entity + incremental

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entity: personal qualities are unchangeable - respond helplessly

incremental theories: intelligence + ability can change with time + experience; goals involve proving competence + increasing it.

27
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children - incremental vs entity theorists STUDY

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if told they’re really smart vs told they tried really hard

  • smart = reluctant to face challenge
  • tried hard = eager to try more.

incremental theorists do better in the face of failure that entity theorists

28
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how goals change across the lifespan?

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  • young = prep for future
  • older adults = focus on emotionally meaningful
  • may be effect about perceptions of time = more time left, more prep.*
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what are scripts?

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“strategies” sequence of activities that progress toward a goal

30
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optimism vs pessimism?

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O: assume the best will happen, confidence.

P: assume the worst is likely to happen, doubt.

31
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Norem + O vs defensive pessimism

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O: deal with anxiety about exams by expecting to do their best

DP: expect the worst, to be pleasantly surprised.

    • succeed equally in coping with anxiety + performing, but O more satisfied with life.
  • *if not allowed to use own anxiety management tool = worse results.
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Defensive Pessimism - how do they manage anxiety?

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reflect on all possible outcomes, anticipate them + compensate for them if they should occur.

33
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how do strategic optimists manage anxiety

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maintain (+) outlook, dont think about (-).

- thinking about things that could go wrong impairs performance.

34
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emotion as procedural knowledge

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bc cannot be learned or fully expressed through words

35
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what is an emotion?

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set of mental + physical procedures, something you do =/= set of concepts or a passive experience

36
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4 stages of emotional experience?

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  1. appraisal
  2. physical responses
  3. facial expressions (+ nonverbal behaviour)
  4. motivation
    * no specific sequence, or separation of stages
37
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6 core emotions?

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happiness
sadness
anger
fear
surprise
disgust
38
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3 categories of emotions?

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negative, positive, neutral

39
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stimulus, response, adaptive function of anger?

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S: threat, trespass

R: threaten, attack

F: protect territory, resources, mates

40
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stimulus, responses, function of guilt?

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S: harm to others that violates social code

R: apologize, make amends

F: obtain forgiveness from offended party + re-entry into social group

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stimulus, response, adaptive function of anxiety

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S: possibility of harm, danger

R: worry, flee

F: anticipate danger, escape harm

42
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stimulus, response, adaptive function of sadness

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S: loss

R: sad facial expression, crying

F: receive support from others, disengage from loss

43
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stimulus, response, function of hope?

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s: possibility of future gain

R: continue effort, maintain commitment

F: perseverance in the face of obstacles

44
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personal = emotional experience

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no two ppl ever feel things exactly the same way, and these individual differences are core aspects of personality

  • ppl differ in emotions experienced, the ones they WANT to experience, how STRONGLY they experience, how Frequently they change + how well they understand + control emotions
45
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what is affect intensity?

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more intense emotional feeling.

risk factor for bad outcomes in life

46
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what is emotional intelligence?

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accurately trying to perceive emotions in self + others.

controlling + regulating emotion

47
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what is alexithymic?

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people who have low emotional intelligence, little emotional awareness. dont talk about their emotions well.

48
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pros of self-regulation perspective?

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  • insight as to how ppl approach goals + try to accomplish these goals
49
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cons of self-regulation perspective?

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tells us more about how we regulate behaviour than about one’s personality.
- too far removed

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