PSYCH 2AP3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Autonomic Nervous System, Applied Psychology, Neurology
6 Dec 2015
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Basic approaches to personality [see chart on pg. 6 for focal topics: basic approach (also known as paradigm): evaluating personality by limiting yourself to certain kinds of observations, patterns, and ways of thinking about those patterns. This approach is comprised of behaviourism, social learning theory and cognitive personality psychology: behaviourists focus on overt behaviour and the ways it can be affected by rewards and punishments. Behaviourism was amended by a related subgroup of scientists who studied social learning; social learning theory draws inferences about the ways that mental processes such as observation and self-evaluation determine which behaviours are learned and how they are preformed. Social learning theory then evolved into a new eld of personality research focused on cognitive processes: focal topics (of learning and cognitive approach behaviourism; social learning. However, it"s weakness is that it can lead to over inclusive or unfocused research: the challenge for a personality psychologist is to maximize the advantages of the.
