At the core of Rotter’s personality theory is his emphasis on
While he was still a graduate student, Mischel was influenced by which two teachers?
Rotter’s empirical law of effect states that motivation is any condition or event that
Martha’s science teacher praises students who perform well in tests. Martha wants to do well in her science test because she desires to be appreciated in front of the class. In this case, Martha’s need for appreciation reflects her need for
Which of the following is not one of Mischel and Shoda’s cognitive-affective units?
Which of the following is an assumption of Rotter’s assumption in his theory?
For Rotter, the degree to which a person prefers one set of reinforcements to another is called
According to Mischel, behavior is determined by
Mischel’s personality model suggests that behavior is caused by
Rotter sees interpersonal trust as a
Research by Mischel and Staub found that 8th-grade boys who believed that they had been successful on an earlier task
Which of the following was proposed by Walter Mischel?
According to Rotter, conflict is most likely to arise when freedom of movement is
According to Rotter, people with high internal locus of control believe that
Mischel’s consistency paradox is based on his notion that
In Mischel and Shoda’s personality system, behavior is shaped by people’s specific cognitive and affective processes plus
According to Walter Mischel, people with an internal sense of control
Rotter’s basic prediction formula is most useful
Unlike Skinner, Julian Rotter contended that an adequate theory of human behavior
“A generalized expectancy held by an individual that the word, promise, or oral or written statement of another individual or group can be relied on” is Rotter’s definition of
According to Rotter, people who are likely to give others a second chance tend to score
What is Walter Mischel’s view on affective responses?
According to Mischel, behavior is most likely caused by
According to Rotter, if expectancy is held constant and reinforcement value varies, then it becomes possible to predict
Mischel and Moore (1973) found that children who were encouraged to imagine real rewards while viewing pictures of rewards
Kelly called those roles that give us a sense of identity and provide guidelines for living _____ roles.
The purpose of Kelly’s Rep test is to
Kelly’s choice corollary allows people to extend and define their
According to Kelly, _____ refers to a pattern of behavior that results from a person’s understanding of the constructs of others with whom that person is engaged in a task.
Kelly called the transparent templates or patterns that help us make sense out of the world
Kelly held that, generally speaking, people
For Kelly, “any personal construction that is used repeatedly in spite of consistent invalidation” defines
According to Kelly, _____ is the recognition that the events with which one is confronted lie outside the range of convenience of one’s construct system.
The awareness of an immediate and basic change to our core structures is Kelly’s definition of
Before developing fixed-role therapy, Kelly used an unusual procedure for modifying constructs. This procedure involved
According to the choice corollary, people make choices on the basis of
According to Kelly, because individuals have personal investments in their established constructs, they
According to Kelly, when people behave in ways that are inconsistent with their sense of who they are, they experience
Kelly believed that our definition of ourselves in terms of who we really are is
The fact that two people may see two different events in a similar fashion is explained by Kelly’s _____ corollary.
Matt and Karen are students of philosophy. Matt believes that the wealth of an individual should be understood by how healthy and sound the individual’s mind and body are. Karen believes that wealth can only be understood in terms of an individual’s monetary earnings. Their constructs of wealth exemplify the
Karen’s parents punish her whenever she misbehaves or fails her exams. They give her enough freedom to pursue her academic goals. They encourage her to be independent too. They say that they love their child and want the best for her. They believe that the constructs of freedom and punishment can be subsumed under the superordinate construct of love. This is an example of the
Kelly believed that psychologically healthy people are similar to
Kelly believed that the conclusions of scientists should be regarded
According to Kelly, dichotomies _____ a construct’s range of convenience.
Marcel Harper and Wilhelm Schoeman (2003) accurately hypothesized that
The idea that people interpret future events according to recurrent themes reflects Kelly’s _____ corollary.
Which set of terms is most consistent with Kelly’s concept of personal constructs?
The purpose of Kelly’s fixed-role therapy is to
The modulation corollary assumes that the extent to which people revise their constructs is related to