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| Mischel's major criticism of traditional personality theories is that they emphasize ________ and deemphasize ______ |
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| person variables, situation variables |
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| the term reciprocal determinism means that |
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| the person, the environment, and the person's behavior continually interact with each other |
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| according to the authors of the text, social cognitive theory is popular today because it: |
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| focuses its research on humans, recognizes the importance of language and symbols, and it optimistic about the ability of humans to change throughout their lives |
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| within social cognitive theory, reinforcement (either direct or vicarious) is thought to provide |
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| information concerning what behavior will be effective in a given situation and incentive for translating learning into performance |
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| in order to avoid disappointment and frustration, one's performance standards: |
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| should be based on past accomplishments and failures, should not be too lenient, and should not be too difficult |
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| mischel and his colleagues found that a child's ability to delay gratification when rewards are visible and no strategy for distraction is provided, relates positively to which of the following later in life: |
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| social success, academic success, and the ability to cope with important problems |
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| according to Bandura, the way Nancy Davis met her future husband (Ronald Reagan) exemplifies the importance of: |
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| which of the following statements most accurately reflects the findings relative to the consistency/inconsistency controversy: |
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| the results tend to support the notion that behavior is inconsistent |
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| bandura believes that people behave: |
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| mischel's explanation for the weak value of the personality coefficient was that |
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| behavior is not very consistent |
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| the statement, if I do X, I can expect Y, exemplifies a: |
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| behavior-outcome expectancy |
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| which of the following does social cognitive theory emphasize: |
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| which of the following is thought to be a contribution of social cognitive theory: |
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| its emphasis on research that employs human subjects |
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| _______ refers to the fact that there can be long lapse of time between when something is learned and when that learning is translated into behavior |
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| according to social cognitive theory, self-regulated behavior is governed by: |
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| one's performance standards (intrinsic reinforcement and punishment) |
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| Mischel and his colleagues consistently found that the ability to delay gratification was related to the ability to: |
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| distract one's attention away from rewards |
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| Bandura defines freedom as: |
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| the number of options available to an individual |
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| which of the following statements most accurately reflects the findings relative to the consistency/inconsistency controversy |
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| the results tend to support the notion that behavior is inconsistent |
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| which type of person variable does social cognitive theory accept: |
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| information-processing strategies |
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| mischel's explanation for the weak value of the personality coefficient was that: |
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| behavior is not very consistent |
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| which of the following did Mischel postulate to explain selective attention and the fact that different individuals assign different meanings to their experiences: |
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| social cognitive theory has been criticized for: |
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| neglecting important aspects of personality |
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| Bandura's 1965 study utilizing a BoBo doll demonstrated that: |
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| humans learn what they observe |
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| whether or not a person experiences intrinsic reinforcement or punishment depends on how his or her behavior compares with: |
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| his or her performance standards |
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| which self-exonerating mechanism does the statement, I committed the crime so that I could provide necessities for my family, exemplify: |
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| which technique was generally found to be most effective in treating phobias |
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| live modeling with participation |
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| according to Bandura, fortuitous experiences |
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| are unpredictable but significantly affect a person's life |
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| which type of person variable does social cognitive theory accept |
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| information-processing strategies |
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| Mischel believes that the concept of self-control should be defined as: |
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| the ability to tolerate a delay in gratification |
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| social cognitive theory has been critized for |
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| according to social cognitive theory, self-regulated behavior is governed by |
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| intrinsic reinforcement and punishment |
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| which of Mischel's preschool research participants were most socially and academically adjusted as adolescents |
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| those that could delay gratification even when rewards were visible and who were not given strategies to facilitate delay |
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| a theorist who believes that both person and situation variables influence what a person does at any moment is a(n) |
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| _____ determines what is worth having |
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| Bandura, Adams, and Beyer (1977) found that the most accurate predictor of a person's behavior is |
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| a person's perceived self-efficacy |
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| Mischel found the correlation between performance on personality questionnaires and actual behavior to be about |
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