Mini Quiz

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Mini Quiz

• 1. Bandura's efficacy expectation is a belief
  about
• a. what the person thinks they are capable of
  doing.
• b. what the likely result of a behavior will be.
• c. the worth of an outcome.
• d. all of the above

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• 2. The "Bobo doll" studies of aggression
  demonstrated that
• a. changing efficacy expectations can facilitate
  behavioral change.
• b. expectancies vary across situations.
• c. children will imitate positive but not
  negative behaviors.
• d. learning can occur vicariously through
  observation.

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• 3. As a child, Robin was frequently surrounded by
  many people and came to see herself as a very
  sociable person. As an adult, Robin has chosen a
  career that requires her to interact with other
  people on a daily basis and, as a result, is
  becoming even more sociable than before. This
  process is called
• a. the approach-avoidance goal system.
• b. reciprocal determinism.
• c. vicarious learning.
• d. the expectancy value theory.

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• 4. When someone is frequently exposed to a
  stimuli it is likely to _________ them which, in
  turns, makes it more likely they will interpret
  future situations in a similar manner.
• a. reinforce
• b. prime
• c. cognitively confuse
• d. punish

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• 5. hmmmmmm

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Perceptual Processes
Exposure to negative words
External World
Priming
negative network
network is activated
See others as negative
Perceptions of World
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Why are some people aggressive?

• How they see the world!

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Comic Books

• 249 students read either
• 1) Violent comic books
• 2) Nonviolent comic books

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Violent Comic Books
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Non-Violent Comic Books
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Scenarios

• Pretend youre walking outside and youre wearing
  your new tennis shoes. You really like your new
  shoes and its the first day that you have worn
  them. Suddenly, you are bumped from behind by
  another kid. You stumble and fall into a puddle
  and your new shoes get muddy.

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Question

• Why did the child / children do this?
• Do you think the child / children were trying to
  be mean or not trying to be mean?
• What would you do next?

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Scenarios

• Imagine that you are at lunch one day and looking
  for a place to sit. You see some kids you know
  at a table across the room. The kids are
  laughing and talking to each other, and they look
  like they are having a good time. You walk over
  to their table. As soon as you sit down, the
  kids stop talking and no one says anything to you.

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Question

• Why did the child / children do this?
• Do you think the child / children were trying to
  be mean or not trying to be mean?
• What would you do next?

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Perceptual Processes
Exposure to aggressive stimuli
External World
Priming
aggressive network
network is activated
See others as aggressive
Perceptions of World
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Questionnaire
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Questionnaire

• To score
• Each question multiply
• The concern answer
• The reverse of the expect answer
• 16
• 25
• 34
• 43
• 52
• 61
• Thus, high scores you are concerned and dont
  expect something to happen

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Rejection Sensitivity

• Why are some people always jealous?
• How they see the world!

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Rejection Sensitivity

• For some people cues about rejection are more
  accessible than for others
• They are primed for rejection cues
• Face
• Small disagreement
• Accidents
• Can be a self-fulfilling prophecy

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Perceptual Processes
Exposure to jealous stimuli
External World
Priming
jealous network
network is activated
See others as cheaters
Perceptions of World
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Group Activity
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What do you do at McDonalds?
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What do you do on a first date?
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What do you do on the first day of class?
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• How do you know?
• Schema
• Organizes knowledge
• Script
• Who are you?
• Self Schema
• The cognitive structure that is made up of ideas
  about the self.

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Group Activity

• Who are you?
• Nice, extraverted, etc.?
• Why do you think this?
• Memories of past occasions?
• What if you lost your memory? How would you
  perceive your personality?

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Case Study

• W.J.
• Female college student
• Head injury caused her to lose all memories of
  her past behavior

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Case Study

• When asked to report her personality
• Agreed with
• Friends reports
• Parents reports
• She could even describe how her personality had
  changed since the accident
• Conclusion Your self knowledge exists
  independently of your behavioral memories!

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Measuring Self-Schema

• _____1. I regularly tells jokes and funny stories
  when in a group.
• _____2. People usually laugh when I tell a joke
  or story.
• _____3. I have a good memory for jokes or funny
  stories.
• _____4. I can be funny without having to rehearse
  a joke.
• _____5. Being funny is a natural communication
  style for me.
• _____6. I can tell a joke well.
• _____7. People always ask me to tell stories.
• _____8. Friends would say that I am a funny
  person.
• _____9. People pay close attention when I tell a
  joke.
• _____10. Even unfunny jokes seem entertaining
  when I tell them.
• _____11. I can easily remember jokes and stories.
• _____12. I always tell jokes and stories when
  asked to.
• _____13. I can tell stories and jokes very well.
• _____14. Of all the people I know, I am the
  funniest.
• _____15. I use humor to communicate in a variety
  of situations.

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Measuring Self-Schema

• Humor Schema
• High scores schematic on this dimension
• Low scores aschematic on this dimension
• Results
• Schematic individuals
• Tend to behave in a humor manor / tell jokes
  better
• Judge others in terms of humor

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Self-Schema

• Schematic individuals are experts on the
  dimension
• Experts (in any area) tend to
• Remember relevant information about domain
• See world in terms of the domain
• Can automatically respond to issues related to
  the domain