PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Unconsciousness, Social Learning Theory, Determinism
4 May 2014
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Criticisms limitless boundaries not clear which factors are most important for predicting behaviour emphasis on the self as a social construct is not consistent with the evident that facets of personality may be inherited. Social-learning & cognitive theories: bandura"s cognitive social- Differ in our choices of life goals. Differ in our knowledge relevant to social interactions. Different strategies for implementing goals & problem solving. Give rise to different patterns of behaviour we recognize as personality. Consistency found in people"s goals, knowledge & strategies: evaluation of social-learning & cognitive theories. Theories overlook emotions as an important component of personality. Cognitive theories do not recognize the impact of unconcious motivation. Explanations about the way personal constructs & competencies are created are vague. Cognitive theories only focus on current behaviour, not on its developmental origin: comparing personality theory. Learning processes vs. innate laws of behaviour. Outer situation (table 13. 3: objective test of personality.
