four main theories: psychoanalytic theory humanistic theory
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Personality
A person’s pattern of thinking, feeling and acting.
Four Main Theories:
• Psychoanalytic Theory
• Humanistic Theory
• Social-Cognitive Theory
• Trait Theory
Basic Ideas
Proposed by Albert Bandura(the Bobo Doll guy!)
Personality/behavior is a combination of learning (social) and mental processes (cognitive)
Emphasizes external events and how we interpret them
Reciprocal Determinism
How we interact with the environment shapes who we are and vice versa
Self-Efficacy
Our perceived ability to succeed
How likely you are to succeed at some specific goal
This can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy for ourselves!
Learned Helplessness
No control over repeated bad events leads to giving up
Leads to depression
Dog Shock Study
Locus of Control
Do we control what happens to us (INTERNAL LOCUS) or do we have no control over life (EXTERNAL LOCUS)?
Locus of Control Survey
Locus of Control
Benefits of having Internal Locus of Control:
Achieve more in school, act more independently, enjoy better health, feel less depressed, better able to delay gratification, better able to deal with stress
Optimism vs. Pessimism
Measure of attitude and outlook: positive (optimistic) or negative (pessimistic)