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1
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Trait, psychodynamic and humanistic theories emphasise ______, personal causes of ______.

A

internal, behaviour

2
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What are Pavlov, Skinner and Watson called?

A

behaviourists

3
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What do behaviourists emphasise?

A

Environmental, external causes of behaviour

4
Q

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

A

laws, learning

5
Q

The laws of learning have great relevance for understanding _______.

A

personality

6
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What is the social cognitive approach a combination of?

A

Combo of Behavioural approach and Cognitive approach.

7
Q

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

A

interaction, social environment

8
Q

What did Bandura (1986) come up with?

A

Reciprocal determinism

9
Q

Name the 3 factors that influence Reciprocal Determinism.

A

Behavioural factors, environmental factors and personal factors.

10
Q

______ determinism is a key social-_______ concept.

A

Reciprocal, cognitive

11
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Explain Reciprocal Determinism

A

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!

12
Q

People desire ______ over their circumstances.

A

control

13
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People _____ from having control over their circumstances.

A

benefit

14
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Field Experiments in a care home showed that the group given free will were _______. This is because they were given an element of _______.

A

happier, control

15
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However what can too much choice lead to (Schwartz 2004) ?

A

Anxiety and stress.

16
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What are used to explain behaviours?

A

attributions

17
Q

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

A

Dispositional attributions

18
Q

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

A

Situational attributions

19
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What is attributional style?

A

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

20
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name the attribution:

“I did not study enough”

A

Internal

21
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name the attribution:

“The teacher misled the class on what to study”

A

External

22
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name the attribution:

“I am generally not a knowledgeable person”

A

Global

23
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name the attribution:

“I am knowledgeable on this subject”

A

Specific

24
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name the attribution:

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

A

stable

25
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name the attribution:

“with some extra effort, I could pass the next test”

A

unstable

26
Q

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

A

Depression

27
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What is self control?

A

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

28
Q

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

A

self control

29
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What is gratification?

A

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

30
Q

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

A

better

31
Q

Self-Regulatory ability can be learned at _____ age.

A

any

32
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The social-cognitive approach has a _____ ______ base.

A

strong scientific

33
Q

The social cognitive approach has increased our understanding of what?

A

how processes within person interact with situation

34
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A contribution of the social-cognitive approach is the ability to ______________.

A

translate insights from other approaches into cognitive-behavioural concepts.