chapter 12 class notes

Psychology 351 with Conte at San Diego State University

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what are the 3 levels of cognition

perception

interpretation

beliefs and desires

perception defined

process of imposing order on information recieved by our senses organs

interpretation defined

process of making sense of, or explaning, events in the world

define what is meant by "beliefs and desires"

standard and goals people develop for evaluating themselves and others

what does cognitive approach focus on

the differences in how people process information

define cognition

refers to awareness and thinking as well as to specific mental acts such as perceiving, interpreting, remembering, believing and anticipating

field independent

people have the ability to focus on details despite the clutter of background information

embedded figures test (EFT)

what fields of work does field independent people favor

natural sciences

math

engineering

socially detached

what field of work does field independent people favor

oriented toward other people

social sciences and

education

field independent are able to

better able to screen out distracting information and focus on a task

field independent on learning..

students learn more effectively that field dependent students in hypermedia-based instructional environment

what is Kelly's personal construct theory

human nature - humans-as -scientists; people attenpt to understand, predict and control events

what is post modernism

is an intellectual position grounded in notion that reality is constructed, that every person and every culture has unique version of reality

personal constructs

constructs person uses to interpret and predict events

commonality corollary

if tow people have similar construct systems, they will be pschologically similar

sociality corollary

to understand a person, must understand how she construes the social world

anxiety; according to Kelly

not being able to understand and predict life events

locus of control

describes people interpretation of responsibility for events

external locus of control

generalized expectancies that events are outside ones control

internal locus of control

generalized expectancies that reinforcing events are under one's control, and that one is responsible for major life outcomes

What is Little Personal Projects Analysis

personality is what structures a person's daily life through the selection of goals and desires, that then determine specific strategies that people use

intelligence define

application of cognitive skill and knowledge to solve problems, learn and achieve goals valued by the individual and the culture

Goleman ; 5 specific abilities of emotional intelligence

1. awareness of our own feelings and body signals - being able to id our own emotions and make distinctions

2. ability to regulate emotion, especially negative emotions, and to manage stress

3. ability to control one's impulse, direct attention and effort, delay gratification, and stay on task toward goals

4. ability to decode social and emotional cues of others, empathy

5. ability to influence and guide others with out incurring anger, resentment

recap of 5 emotional intelligence abilities

1 aware of own emotions

2. control emotions

3. control impulses, delay gratification

4. empathy

5. influence others positive way

learned helplessness

when subjected to unpleasant and inescapable circumstances, become passive and accepting of a situation, in effect learning to be helpless

list 3 broad categories of learned helplessness attributions

1. external or internal

2. stable or unstable

3. global or specific

personality and goals

people differ in their goals, and these differences reveal and are part of personality

what are personality psycologist interested in

differences in cognitive concepts including LOC, intelligence and emotional intelligence

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