PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Julian Rotter, Learned Helplessness, Externals
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Chapter 10: personality ; cognitive foundations of personality. Field dependent: people who see the big picture. Learn fast by being totally immersed in everyday situations where they are surrounded by a new language. Field independent: people who reply on their own physical sensations and have selective attention to a particular object without being distracted by the surrounding details. Good at learning languages in a traditional classroom setting. Peoples beliefs about the control of reinforcements and outcomes in their lives. *julian rotter first to define locus of control. Internal locus of control (internals): people who believe that they have some control over what happens to them. Pay more attention to information that will be useful to them later and also retain more information. Take more action and establishes more realistic goals. Assume more responsibility for themselves and others. Higher income and more financial knowledge, more highly educated. Greater job commitment, intrinistic motivations, productivity, career success, and job challenge.
