KP181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Situation Two, Social Cognitive Theory
28 Mar 2016
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Personality traits + behaviours = personality type. Pattern of deeply embedded and broadly exhibited cognitive, affective and overt behavioural traits that persist over time and across situations. Ability to focus on task at hand. The psychology of performance excellence: lessons learned from champion athletes. Top performers consistently prepare themselves for peak performance. Have and adhere to very systematic preparation plans for competition- they excel at managing stress and anxiety. Know what they need from themselves in order to perform well. Have plans for dealing with mistakes and/or coping with distractions. Psychodynamic approach (freud: based on 2 things, emphasis on unconscious determinants of behaviour, focus on person as a whole rather than individual traits. Trait approach: cause of behaviour are largely as a result of what is within us, personality traits stable, minimizes role of social environment. Situational approach/social learning: behaviour is largely determined by situations in the environment, we learn from observing (bandura, feedback as to how to learn/reinforcement.
