PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Humanistic Psychology, Psychology Today, Determinism
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Social-cognitive perspective (bandura) (including their thinking) and their social context. Views behavior as influenced by the interaction between people"s traits. Emphasizes interaction of our traits with our situations. Applies principles of learning, cognition, and social behavior to personality. Describes interaction and mutual influence of behavior, internal personal factors, and environmental factors. Interaction of individuals and environments: internal personal factors. Personalities shape how people interpret and react to events. Personalities help create situations to which people react. Build on concepts of learning and cognition. Contend best way to predict behavior in a given situation is to observe that behavior in similar situations. underemphasize importance of unconscious motives, emotions, and biologically influenced traits. Modern research suggests assessment center exercises are more likely to reveal visible dimensions than others. best means of predicting future behavior is the person"s past behavior patterns in similar situations. Exploration of self in psychology has long history.
