PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Nancy Reagan, Shyness, Extraversion And Introversion
24 Mar 2017
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If you want to have a high paying job you will continue on with post secondary education. Previous experience delaying gratification: when you were younger you were told if you could wait for a cookie until after dinner you would be able to have two. Belief that future goal will be reached: believing that you can achieve the goal by just sticking with school for one more year. Nancy davis complained about notices: ended up meeting her husband. Positives: see"s importance of language and cognition, optimistic view of people, emphasizes present or future over the past, generates research on relevant issues. Negatives: vague and ill defined terms (ex: dysfunctional expectancy, few ideas about development over time, cognitions do not cause behaviour, says behaviourists, no better at predicting behaviour. Introversion: sociability, activity, assertiveness, sensation-seeking, dominance, venturesome, Stability: anxiousness, depression, low self-esteem, shyness, moodiness, tenseness, Stability is being low in these traits. Ego control: aggressiveness, coldness, egocentricity, impulsivity, anti-sociality,
