PSYC 2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9 & 10: Julian Rotter, Behaviorism, Clinical Psychology
10 Jan 2018
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Behaviorists with their focus on learning are drawn to behaviors that are modifiable. Trait theorists pay attention to behaviours that are stable over time. Paradigm changes: behaviorism cognitive cognitive neuroscience. Action tendencies e. g. social situation where someone is behaving badly; this (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause this perso(cid:374)"s obnoxious behaviours had resulted in desirable outcomes. Read: personality and psychotherapy, by dollard and miller (behaviorist view) Strict conditioning overlooks cognition: observational learning (modeling, people make decisions whether to emit a behavior or not, people make meanings from experiences. These limitations led to the second generation of learning theorists. These theorists focus on the social aspects of the environment. A(cid:374)thropo(cid:272)e(cid:374)tri(cid:272): fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) (cid:449)hat"s i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t for hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s: e. g. Social reinforcement what matters most to humans is social reinforcement: acceptance e. g. being accepted into a prestigious program, praise, approval, attention sometimes being attended to or acknowledged is very important.
