PSYC 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Cognitive Theory, Cognitive Psychology, Behaviorism

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3300
• Professor: Ken Cramer

Document Summary

Projective tests are the third most widely used clinical tools. Freudian psychology will shrink, but neo-freudian theories will grow. May continue to dominate for 30+ years. More biological evidence as time goes on. Traits may be specific to some people, but not all. In the 70"s, social learning widely accepted as opposed to behaviourism. Fine line between behaviourism and cognition leads to social cognitive theory. Took hold in many areas of psychology. Because it is has only been around for a brief period of time, cognitive psychology could be short-lived or persistent in personality theory and research. Genetics and environment are generally believed to be equally important. Mischel said person variables could not be used, and we must instead use situation variables. Dendrogram: joins entities sooner if they are more alike.