PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Cognition, Test Anxiety, Classical Conditioning
16 Feb 2016
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Ie anxiety construct, the way a person acts at a part with a. Theoretical constructs: linguistic-conceptual inventions that assist in explanation ie. ego (pleasure-seeking motives), anxiety (worrisome), achievement (settting goals) motivation, internal-external, etc. Function of constructs: to tie together and organize relationships among observations large group. Evaluation of theory (ch2) experimental observation? of the phenomena: empirical validity the theory supported by evidence from, parsimony does the theory provide a simple concise account. State anxiety, anxiety is only appeared in certain situations: comprehensiveness is the theory broad in scope approach- avoidance conflict. Paranoid personality: don"t get close to others, don"t trust. Our own internal frame of reference to make sense of ours and: implicit theory of personally other behaviours ex of personal and social cognition would be how we make sense of self and others others. Personality can disrupt the individuals view on the world.
