EXB 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Learning Theory, Test Anxiety, Parasailing
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No prediction of talent, success, etc. based on personality. Understanding the performers, so you can teach them to connect with themselves better. The underlying, relatively stable, psychological structure and processes that organize human experience and shape a person"s activities and reactions to the environment. Inborn vs learned both- don"t know what % of each- (dr. paul works with learned ) Can"t change underlying personality (after 4 years of age) but can modify behavior, attitude, etc. Terms: affect someone"s emotional state; momentary assessment, traits long term, enduring characteristics; can count on it, state transient, moment-to-moment (e. g. test anxiety). State changes when stimulate is removed: normative i. e. weight, height, shoe size. Individual: differences respect and understand individual differences. E. g. ego, superego combined with clash to project who are. Humanistic whole person fosters growth + development, educational system. Behavioral (skinner) reward + reinforcement aka social learning theory. Trait underlying characteristics over out interactions with the world.
