18 Flashcards by Carin Pienaar

What does cognitive psychology explore?

How people in their relationships with the world like to be active, explore, manipulate, control, create and accomplish things

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What does cognition mean?

Process of knowing

Mental functions

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In cognition, 2 categories of representation can be identified. Name them.

1) EPISODIC 📺 memory (visual & auditory images)

2) SEMANTIC 🗣 memory (abstract reps the meaning of things eg. Language comprehention)

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Alzheimers has been known to impact which memory?

Semantic

By impairing ability to name objects + pictures

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What are “personal constructs”?

People’s criteria, hypothesis or “filters”

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Is cognition or “the process of knowing” an element of personality?

No, cognitive theorists believe it IS THE ENTIRE personality.

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All cognitive theorists subscribe to 5 main assumptions. Name them.

1) understand HOW INFO is processed
2) continuous PROCESS OF DECISION MAKING
3) people are ACTIVE GATHERERS OF INFO
4) human behaviour is INTRINSICALLY GOAL DIRECTED
5) cognitive SCHEMAS used to make sense

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Which view from classical behaviourists do the cognitive movement reject?

That people react passively

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What is the Freudian meaning of “transference”?

How people transfer 
their mental representations 
or
other social constructs from memory 
of significant others 
to define themselves and their relationship with new people

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Under self-construct in cognitive perspectives, what is meant with “core roles”?

When the “self”
is subordinate to constructs
that concern essential interactions
with other people

The roles people assume on the basis of how they think others perceive their core constructs

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What are “core constructs”?

Those constructs
that are so basic to a person’s functioning that they can only be changed
with serious consequences for the rest of the construct system

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What are “peripheral constructs”?

They are opposed to core constructs

Have less relevance to a person’s sense of self

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What is cognitive dissonance?

Occurs when 1 cognitive element implies the opposite of another cognitive element

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Explain “Equity Theory”.

Individuals compares
their perceived input to output ratio with that of others.

This perception of equity
impacts on motivation + employee behaviour.

Different cultures have different views in equity

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Kelly identified 3 constructs that are not readily available to awareness. Name them.

1) PREVERBAL constructs
(Diff to identify - formed before person
acquires language)

2) SUBMERGED constructs
(Personal construct less available to awareness
due to intolerable implications to individual)

3) SUSPENDED constructs
(Similar to repression but remembers what is structured and forgets what is unstructured - rather than remembering what is pleasant and forgetting what is unpleasant)

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Name 2 defence mechanisms Prescott Lecky defined.

IDENTIFICATION
the attempt to unify the self-concept
with the views of others
by assimilating + imitating the opinion of others

RESISTANCE
the response to counter reorganisation of constructs.

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Kelly’s theory of the structure of personality is based on ….

The assumption of

constructive alternativism

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Mischel, a cognitive theorist described the person in 5 person variables. Name them.

1) Construction Competencies
What does a person know / skills

2) Encoding Strategies 
     Eg. Maths class boring to one but scary to another

3) Expectancies
What will happen in given situation

4) Goals and Subjective values
Influence thereof on outcome

5) Self-control Systems + Plans
Own Standards to regulate own behaviour

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What are “meaning structures” in cognition?

Explains why people perceive the same situation differently

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McReynolds called basic concept units ….. and not constructs.

Percepts

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Human personality consists of 2 processes. What are they?

1) OBTAINING + RECEIVING percepts

2) ASSIMILATING + INTEGRATING them

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What is perceptualisation?

The combined process of
obtaining and receiving percepts
+
assimilating and intergrating them

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What is an inconsistency within construct systems known as?

Cognitive dissonance

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Miller formulated a theory of cognition based on 2 major concepts. Name them.

IMAGES - all organised knowledge about yourself + your world

PLAN - hierarchy process that controls order of operations

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Plans are normally tested against an ......

Image and executed

Piaget named the basic structures of the mind ......

Schemata (schemas) | Form a framework into which incoming info fit

Who was the first theorists, born in SA to recognise the importance of interpersonal relationships in maintaining maladaptive behaviour?

Lazarus

Lazarus developed a set of clinical strategies called ....

Multimodal Behaviour Therapy also BASIC-ID ``` B - behaviour A - affect S - sensation I - imagery (eg. memory) C - cognition I - interpersonal relationships D - drugs (neurological+biochemical factors) ```

Kelly's personal constructs is also known as ....

Templates of reality

Kelly proposed 3 constructs as part of Personal-Construct theory. Name them.

1) PRE-EMPTIVE : rigid / fundamental beliefs 2) CONSTELLATORY : more flexible thinking 3) PROPOSITIONAL : allowing to change opinion

What 2 characteristics did Kelly identify in terms of constructs?

Tight or loose Tight - clear + unambiguous predictions Loose - varying predictions

What is the "fundamental postulate" about?

People's need to anticipate events Predictions are made by forming personal constructs.

What are "corollaries"?

The process by which | personal constructs are formed.

Explain the CONSTRUCTION corollary.

Points to similarities in repeated events

Explain the INDIVIDUALITY corollary.

Points to individual differences in interpreting events. Eg. Friendly by 1 person may be seen as minipulative by another

Explain the ORGANISATION corollary.

points to the relationship amongst constructs. Important constructs are known as "superordinate" Less important constructs are known as "subordinate" Eg. Stereotyping (WE are good, intelligent THEY are bad, dumb)

Explain the DICHOTOMY corollary.

Bipolar / dichotomous Opposite poles Eg. Short and tall Emergent / similarity poles Implicit / contrast poles

Explain the CHOICE corollary.

Freedom of choice Great possibility for extension and elaboration

Explain the RANGE corollary.

A construct is convenient for the anticipation of a finite range of events only. Also no construct can be useful for everything

Explain the EXPERIENCE corollary.

Exposure to new experiences

Explain the MODULATION corollary.

Points to the adaptation to new experiences. A permeable construct is open to an increased range eg. changing view on smoking.

Explain the FRAGMENTATION corollary.

Competition amongst constructs. We can be inconsistent in our ways of thinking and doing.

Explain the COMMONALITY corollary.

Points out the similarities amongst people in interpreting events

Explain the SOCIALITY corollary.

It explains interpersonal relationships The way we relate to other people or understand where they are coming from.

What does the "optimal relationship" involve?

A mutual understanding of another's views of life

According to Kelly, how are constructs formed?

Through people's | personal history or life experiences

To understand how people interprets the world Kelly developed the Rep test. What does it stand for and how does it work?

Rep test - Role Construct Repertory A person reveal constructs by comparing and contrasting 3 significant people in their life.

Which method is used the obtain change in an organisation eg. job analysis, selection and placement?

Repertory Grid Methods Eg. shadowmatch

What do Cognitive Complexity refer to?

Ability to perceive differences between oneself and others

Why is "cognitive complexity" the more desirable cognitive style?

It enables a person to predict a greater variety of situations.

In cognitive theories, what is seen to be the "engine of performance" ?

Knowledge

In cognitive theories, what is seen to be the "energy of performance"?

Motivation

All motivation derives from ....

a drive to increase personal self-efficacy

According to Kelly, what is creativity?

The ability to think loosely | and then tighten the constructs

The level of routine or repetitiveness of work affect their ....

Cognitive flexibility

Through which theory did Fiedler and Garcia prove that competent managers formulated more effective strategies and communicated them better than those who were less competent.

Cognitive Resource Theory

Which assessment method has been found to be a better predictor of the success of black, disadvantaged students?

Cognitive Modifiability

What should employers do to address the inequilities of SA's past?

There should be more emphisis on potential rather than skills.

Well adjusted individuals test their personal constructs against reality in logic ways, confirm or discount the predictive accuracy. What is this process known as!

The C-P-C cycle. C - circimspection P - pre-emption C - control / choice

A well-functioning individual is defined by 4 characteristics. Name them.

1) willing to EVALUATE 2) able to DISCARD their constructs 3) desire to EXTENT construct systems 4) have a number of ROLES and able to perform well in all

What is provoked by psychological maladjustment and the inability to predict future events.

Anxiety

Which corollary might explain why people might persist with bad behaviour?

The choice corollary. When unable to predict the outcome the "safer" more "familliar" route might be chosen because that outcome is better predicted.

....... is the result of 2 incompatible plan, neither of which can be abandoned?

Anxiety

When does Guilt occur?

When one departs from one's sense of identity

In emotions, what is a Threat?

Occurs by apparent widespread changes in core constructs. Can also be seen as causing an identity crisis

What has recent research found in terms of the 2way relationship between anxiety and cognitive processes?

Anxiety influence thinking + the interpretative process But cognition can also moderate anxiety

In emotions, explain hostility.

The attempt to hold on to invalid constructs in the face of contradiction or invalidating evidence.

With which emotion do Festinger resemble with cognitive dissonance?

Hostility

Explain aggession as an emotion.

It is deliberate placement of oneself in situations that calls for decisions.

Lecky later extended Kelly's list of emotions by adding Love and Pleasure. Explain.

Love - feelings towatds someone who strongly supports one's idea of self. Pleasure - found when new experience is mastered

Define "catastrophising".

The error of overstating consequences or defining an anticipated event as catastrophic.

In terms of cognitive biases and emotional regulation, what has been identified as one of the core features in depression?

Sustained Negative Effect Bias and deficits in cognition affect the ability to regulate emotions and moods

Ellis developed a theory of RET. what is it about?

RET - rational emotive therapy It states that emotions and cognitions are intricately interrelated. His ABC theory underlies the RET A - activation event (see spider) B - belief system (all spiders are dangerous) C - consequence (anxiety attack)

Consideer Ellis' ABC theory. How is most major theories of personality relevant in this?

Most major theories concentrate either on the A (activation) or C (consequence) but rarely the B (belief system)

What strong evidence did Mathews and MacLeod found in connection with depression and memory?

Sufferers tend to recall negative memories more often than positive memories. Automatic negative interpretation of events and ambiguous stimuli has also been proven

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