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| Rotters empirical law of effect: |
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| defines reinforcement as any action condition or even which affects the individuals movement toward a goal |
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| behavior predicted by reinforcement value or expectancy value |
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| refers to a person expectation that some specific reinforcement will occur in a given situation |
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| the preference a person attaches to a reinforcement when the occurrences of all reinforcements are equal |
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| Social Learning Theory rests on 5 basic hypothesis: |
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1. humans interact with their meaningful environments
2. human personality is learned and constantly changing
2.personality has basic unity-stability
3.motivation is goal directed-not by human drives
4.people are capable of anticipating events |
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| 4 variables to predict behavior: |
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1.behavior potential-possability particular response will occur-based on both expectancy and reinforcemnt value
2. Expectancy
3.reinforcement-internal-personal
external-cultural
4.Psychological Situation-the part of the external and internal world the person is responding |
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| persons interpretation of the positive or negative value of an event |
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| events conditions or actions one's culture places a value upon |
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| any behavior or set of behaviors people see as moving them in the direction of a goal |
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| the degree to which a person prefers one set of reinforcements to another |
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| ones overall expectation of being reinforced for performing those behaviors that are directed at satisfying some general need |
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| need potential vs behavior potential: |
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need-possible occurances of a set of related behaviors directed toward satisfying a same or similar goal
behavior-likelihood a particular behavior will occur given a situation in relations to a specific reinforcement |
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| expectancy held by an individual that the word, or promise of another can be relied upon |
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| any persistent behavior that fails to move a person closet to a desired goal-often by too high of goals based on ones ability to achieve them |
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| Rotters goal in psychotherapy |
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1. to bring freedom of movement and need value into harmony
2.reducing defensive and avoidance behaviors |
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locus of control
aka internal-external control scale |
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| show a persons emphasis on personal efforts vs. environmental consequences |
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| low freedom of movement caused by: |
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1.lack of skills needed for a goal
2.faulty evaluation of present situation
3.inadequate generalization-cant do one thing-must not be able to do similar action |
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| rotters categories of needs |
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1. recognition/status
2.dominance
3.independence
4.protection/dependency
5.love and affection
6. physical contact |
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