PSY 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Learned Helplessness, Eye Contact, Conduct Disorder
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Social development closely related to emotional and cognitive development: social skill gains are reflective of cognitive gains, how a person thinks about themselves greatly influences their behavior. Also affected by behavioral history: emotions distract from the task. Influenced both by the ________________ (e. g. , behaviors of others), and by. ________________ states that cannot be observed directly (e. g. , emotions). Self-efficacy is the belief in one"s capabilities to organize and execute the courses of action required in certain situations. Locus of control is the extent to which people perceive they have control over events in their lives: internal vs external. Children typically have self-recognition: the understanding of themselves as a physically unique being. In other words, an understanding that other people think and feel: contributes to prospective taking: the ability to distinguish what someone else is thinking and feeling from own thoughts and feelings. Typically develops greatly over the third year (first year of early childhood).
