PSY 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Social Cognitive Theory, Twin, Operant Conditioning
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Like freud--emphasized the unconscious determinants of personality. Storehouse of latent memory traces inherited from people"s ancestral past. Archetypes: emotionally charged images and thought forms that have universal meaning, can be found in dreams, seen through culture"s use of symbols in art, literature and religion (representation of supernatural powers in religion) Behavioral perspective (behaviorism: science should only study observable behavior) Determinism: behavior is fully determined by external stimuli. Personality as a collection of response tendencies that are tied to various stimulus situations. Operant conditioning: behavior determined by consequences (reinforcement, punishment) Agrees that personality is largely shaped through learning. But he believes people actively seek out and process information about their environment; people learn from others. Observational learning--organism"s responding is influenced by the observation of others (model: a person whose behavior is observed by another) Self-efficacy: belief about one"s ability to perform behaviors that should lead to expected outcomes.
