1. Theories of Personality Power Point Presentation by Christopher T
Theories of Personality Power Point Presentation by Christopher T. Arra, Ph.D. Northern Virginia Community College
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2. CHAPTER TWELVE MISCHEL: Traits in Cognitive Social Learning Theory
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3. TRAITS IN COGNITIVE SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY: MISCHEL
Chapter Overview
TRAITS IN COGNITIVE SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY: MISCHEL
The Trait Controversy: Mischel’s Challenge
The Consistency Paradox
The Situational Context of Behavior
Cognitive Person Variables
Encoding Strategies and Personal Constructs
Competencies
Expectancies
Subjective Stimulus Values
Self-Regulatory Systems and Plans
Delay of Gratification
Applications of the CAPS Model of Personality
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4. Preview of Mischel’s Theory
Table 2.1 (p. 35)
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5. Traits in Cognitive Social Learning Theory: Mischel
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6. Walter Mischel Born in Vienna in 1930
Family fled Europe from Nazi persecution
Studied at the City College of New York
Gradate work at Ohio State University
Professorships at Stanford and Columbia
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7. The Trait Controversy: Mischel’s Challenge
The Consistency Paradox
The Situational Context of Behavior
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8. personality coefficient (r = .30)
average relationship between self-report personality measures and behavior
little consistency across situations
(greater temporal consistency)
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9. The Consistency Paradox
discrepancy between intuition and empirical findings
common sense (intuition): consistency
research evidence (empirical): little consistency
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10. The Situational Context of Behavior
situational hedges: "Person does x when y."
"Johnny will hit back [behavior] when teased [situational hedge]."
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12. Cognitive Person Variables
Encoding Strategies and Personal Constructs
Competencies
Expectancies
Subjective Stimulus Values
Self-Regulatory Systems and Plans
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13. Encoding Strategies and Personal Constructs
situational descriptions
descriptions of events
(must assess individual meanings of stimuli)
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14. personal constructs
trait terms people use to describe themselves and other people
Definition:
Examples:
hard-working
passionate
glossary term
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15. prototypes typical exemplars of "fuzzy" categories
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16. Expectancies
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17. Behavior-Outcome Expectancies
If I study 3 hours, will I get an A?
If I run, will I catch the bus?
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18. Stimulus-Outcome Expectancies
What will happen next?
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19. Self-Efficacy Expectancies
Can I do it?
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20. Subjective Stimulus Values
desirability of outcomes (given the particular individual’s goals or values)
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21. Self-Regulatory Systems and Plans
Internal mechanism
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22. Delay of Gratification
Mischel's research with children
visibility of reward
thinking about something else
modeling
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23. Preschool Children Who are Better Able to Delay of Gratification Become High Schoolers Who:
Adaptation of Table 11.3 (text, page 358). Based on Mischel (1984).
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24. Applications of the CAPS Model of Personality
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