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| MISCHEL - if you have ability to delay gratification as child, later haver better academic perf, interpersonal relations, and lower substance abuse |
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| DWECK - mastery oriented children respond to challenges by studying harder vs. helplessness, contribute failure to ext, unstable, specific. Entity Theorists - outcomes are indicative of competence. concerned with appearing intelligent. stereotyp and fund attrib error. Incremental Theorists - intelligence can be learned over time. concerned with actually being competent |
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| TAYLOR - pro active, increases confidence, self efficacy, and mastery of material. fantasizing can be detrimental |
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| OETTEGEM - can begin with counterproductive positive future fantasy but then think about where you are now in relation to it |
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| resilience to failure, enjoy but dont get caught up in success |
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| Self Determination Theory |
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| DECI AND RYAN - Intrinsic motivation is important. when you begin to get external reward, you r likely to stop enjoying activity and stop when reward is no longer offered. Relationships can be assessed to the degree that they are autonomy supportive (facilitates intrinsic motivation) |
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| when mindless either 1) whatever you are doing mentally is not taking any cognitive energy to exert 2) is unintentional 3) cant control it 4) outside of awareness |
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| LANGER - 1) category entrapment 2) auto. behavior 3) acting from a single perspective. Xerox machine experiment. limits, crazy reason, large favor. becoming conscious of mindless tasks incapacitating. can erode competence Self Induced Dependence |
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| Premature Cognitive Commitments |
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| mindsets that form before reflection. The way we take in infor (mindless or mindful) determines how we use it later |
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| confuse context controlling behavior of another person with context controlling own behavior |
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| BANDURA - increases probablility of wanting to do the same violent acts. Anytime we have opportunity to observe vicariously conditioned anything, we will gain expertise. |
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| DODGE - in scanning, attention processes, categorization and interpretation, and retaining information, dodge found that aggress. kids had biggest problem with interpretation of ambiguous info. Risk Factors: 1) biological 2)context ossies 3) parenting 4)**** peers 5) cognitive processes (proximal cause) |
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| DIXON and The Subconscious |
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| subliminal colors, blindsight. excessive conscious thought may result in failure to think about contradictions (in depression). intrusion of loosely related ideas based on breakdown of inhibitory mechanisms. Emotional stimuli produces higher threshold for recognition, reduces sensitivity |
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| ZILLMAN'S Solution to Aggress |
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| to reduce aggress we need to 1) provide assets to goods and 2) even and consistent punishment, not physical |
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| Objective vs. Subjective Orientation |
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| PIAGET - children <10yo saw john as naughtier because he broke more cups, objective, whereas older children saw henry as naughtier because he broke a cup doing something bad, subjective |
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| LATANE AND DARLEY - 1) notice something is happening 2) interpret situation as emergency 3) conclude responsibility 4) decide what form of assistance 5) engage in helping |
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| MDLARSKY - introspective individuals more likely to help but less likely to regard others as deserving |
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| Illusion of Personal Invulnerability |
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| ZIMBARDO - "others are weak willed, but not me" alienates us from the human condition |
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| neither novel nor unique from other forms of persuasion (besides commitment of energy). No personality or background factors reliable predictors of resistance. 1)induced motive to change 2) must be available some model or other info source which provides direction of change 3) must be reward and support for whatever change occurs |
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| ORNE AND EVANS - unhypnotized control subjects did same dangerous acts. power of authority figure more influential |
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