PSYC 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Degree Of Difficulty, Celery, Observational Error
16 Apr 2016
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In response to low cross situational consistency in behavior. We encode and construe situations differently; cognitive and affective units mediate the situation-to- behavior response. We need to understand the psychological meaning of the situation for the individual in order to predict the individual"s behavior. The variability in behavior across situations is not random error that needs to be eliminated, it"s actually meaningful. We just need to understand it better, because it"s important info that gives us clues about the person"s underlying personality system. Different kinds of cognitive affective mediating units are encodings or construals, expectancies and beliefs, affects, goals and values (desirable and undesirable outcomes or affective states; goals, values, life projects), competencies and self regulatory plans. According to wolpert, we impact our environment through movement. One reason why we move is because we want to approach desired end states, or avoid undesirable current states or future end states.
