PSY 1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14.2: Amygdala, Frontal Lobe, Learned Helplessness

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

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Defintion: typical way you think, feel, behave, evaluating trait perspective. Earn a point: trait - relatively long lasting characteristics. 1. they list and describe traits but no explanation of where they come from and why focus on traits and considers them to be powerful predictors of behaviour but they don"t consider other. These other factors are important and lead to a huge debate in psychology called. C. 1: introduction: bandura most in uential researcher, personality result of multiple factors interacting in a complex way there"re also reciprocal determinism between these factors, different factors that affect / in uence behaviour. Learning - through reward, punishment, observation and imitation. Conscious cognitive processes - our thoughts, beliefs, expectations, memories. Example 1: self-ef cacy belief - if you believe you"re con dent and capable to deal with the situation then you have high self-ef cacy belief - which in uences choices, effort, and motivation.