PSY230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cognitive Therapy, Moral Agency, Social Inequality

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY230H1
• Professor: Dan Dolderman

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Going from social theory to social cognitive theory placed increasing emphasis on cognition. Gestalt psychology emphasizes the integrative and active nature of perception. It goes all the way back to theorists who emphasized how we construct our perceptions. construct our experiences, impose a framework, and interpret it through personal schemas. Kurt lewin"s field theory: behaviour is determined by complex interactions among a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:374)al ps(cid:455)(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e, the fo(cid:396)(cid:272)es of the e(cid:454)te(cid:396)(cid:374)al e(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:396)o(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, a(cid:374)d the structural relationships between the person and environment. Life space: all the internal and external forces that act on an individual. Some people have clearly defined life spaces, while others have openness. Contemporaneous causation: behaviour is caused at the moment of its occurrence by all the influences that are present in the individual at that moment. Cognitive style: a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s disti(cid:374)(cid:272)t, enduring way of dealing with everyday tasks of perception and problem solving.