Social-Cognitive, Behavioral, & Humanistic Personality Theor

According to the Behavioral Perspective:

• personality is a function of the environment

• personality is predictable based on history of reinforcements & punishments

Social Cognitive Theories

• personality comes from a combination of:

  • environmental conditions

  • behavior

  • cognitive factors

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Two specific

Social-Cognitive Personality Theories:​

Rotter's Expectancy Theory

• based on locus of control

  • internal or external?

Bandura's Social Learning Theory

• Personality is learned in social situations through:

  • ​observational learning

  • self-efficacy

  • reciprocal determinism

• imitation of modeled behavior​

• Bandura's Bobo Doll experiment​

• focused on DOING

• sense of competence on a particular task

• Bandura (social-cognitive theory)

• focused on BEING

• general sense of high or low self-worth

• There can be a relationship between self-esteem & self-efficacy

• focused on UNDERSTANDING

• our answer to the question "who am I?"

• positive self-concept = same "real self" & "ideal self"

• negative self-concept = when we fall short of our ideal self

• Maslow & Rogers (humanistic theory)

multi-directional influences among our environment, personal factors, and our behavior

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (humanistic theory)