PSY230H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Social Cognition, Explanatory Style, Personal Construct Theory
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Philosophers and theologian view individual deviations as created by gods or possession by the devil; differences in perceptions seen in religious terms. Laboratories studying thinking and perception are founded, increasing emphasis on reasoning, rationality; search for core of human nature. Gestalt psychology takes hold in europe; experimental psychology in u. s. is increasingly dominated by behaviourism. Field there ideas of lewin and schema ideas of piaget make their way into american psychology, increased study of propaganda, prejudice, and child-rearing. Kelly develops personal construct theory; educators study how children learn; cognitive psychology grows while behaviourism wanes. Rotter, bandura, and others adapt behaviourist approaches into the cognitive framework; social psychology thrives. Research on explanatory style, optimism, and depression; learning disabilities and attention-deficit disorder receive much attention; progress in cognitive psychology. Studies of self-efficiency and of human-computer interactions thrive, self-regulation models develop; better understanding of the individual.
