Personality- Social-Cognitive Approach.

Question 1

Trait, psychodynamic and humanistic theories emphasise ______, personal causes of ______.

Answer 1

internal, behaviour

Question 2

What are Pavlov, Skinner and Watson called?

Answer 2

behaviourists

Question 3

What do behaviourists emphasise?

Answer 3

Environmental, external causes of behaviour

Question 4

Classical and Operant conditioning can together be called the ______ of _______.

Answer 4

laws, learning

Question 5

The laws of learning have great relevance for understanding _______.

Answer 5

personality

Question 6

What is the social cognitive approach a combination of?

Answer 6

Combo of Behavioural approach and Cognitive approach.

Question 7

This approach looks at the ____ of a thinking human with the ______ ______.

Answer 7

interaction, social environment

Question 8

What did Bandura (1986) come up with?

Answer 8

Reciprocal determinism

Question 9

Name the 3 factors that influence Reciprocal Determinism.

Answer 9

Behavioural factors, environmental factors and personal factors.

Question 10

______ determinism is a key social-_______ concept.

Answer 10

Reciprocal, cognitive

Question 11

Explain Reciprocal Determinism

Answer 11

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!

Question 12

People desire ______ over their circumstances.

Answer 12

control

Question 13

People _____ from having control over their circumstances.

Answer 13

benefit

Question 14

Field Experiments in a care home showed that the group given free will were _______. This is because they were given an element of _______.

Answer 14

happier, control

Question 15

However what can too much choice lead to (Schwartz 2004) ?

Answer 15

Anxiety and stress.

Question 16

What are used to explain behaviours?

Answer 16

attributions

Question 17

When we succeed what attribution do we tend to use to explain this?

Answer 17

Dispositional attributions

Question 18

When we fail what attribution what attribution do we tend to use to explain this?

Answer 18

Situational attributions

Question 19

What is attributional style?

Answer 19

The way a person typically explains the things that happen in his or her life.

Question 20

name the attribution:

“I did not study enough”

Answer 20

Internal

Question 21

name the attribution:

“The teacher misled the class on what to study”

Answer 21

External

Question 22

name the attribution:

“I am generally not a knowledgeable person”

Answer 22

Global

Question 23

name the attribution:

“I am knowledgeable on this subject”

Answer 23

Specific

Question 24

name the attribution:

“no matter what, I will usually fail on tests”

Answer 24

stable

Question 25

name the attribution: "with some extra effort, I could pass the next test"

Answer 25

unstable

Question 26

What would be used to describe an internal, global and stable way of thinking?

Answer 26

Depression

Question 27

What is self control?

Answer 27

The ability to pursue a goal while adequately managing internal conflicts about it.

Question 28

If we delay pursuing a goal because of other considerations or constraints this can also be classed as ______ _______.

Answer 28

self control

Question 29

What is gratification?

Answer 29

pleasure, especially when gained from the satisfaction of a desire.

Question 30

Children who are able to delay gratification will later on in life generally have _______ life outcomes.

Answer 30

better

Question 31

Self-Regulatory ability can be learned at _____ age.

Answer 31

any

Question 32

The social-cognitive approach has a _____ ______ base.

Answer 32

strong scientific

Question 33

The social cognitive approach has increased our understanding of what?

Answer 33

how processes within person interact with situation

Question 34

A contribution of the social-cognitive approach is the ability to ______________.

Answer 34

translate insights from other approaches into cognitive-behavioural concepts.