p1 - topic 8: cognitive model

Question 1

steps of mischel cognitive personality model

Answer 1

subjective benefit of the behaviour
competence
expectancies
self-regulating systems
coding

Question 2

greenwald and pratkanis layers of self

Answer 2

• diffuse self
• public self
• personal self
• collective self

Question 3

totalitarian ego (greenwald)

Answer 3

3 system distortions as every person views the world differently
1. egocentricity
2. beneffectance
3. cognitive conservation (conformation error, memory rewriting)

Question 4

why it’s useful that schemas are adaptive?

Answer 4

• you can make better decisions, you will be better at adaptation
• schematic thoughts don’t contain every aspect of the info, rather a structure
• helps the world be more predictable

Question 5

positive illusions

Answer 5

necessary for mental health and physical well being
- unrealistic positive view of the self
- illusion of control
- optimism bias

Question 6

why are schemas adaptive?

Answer 6

can predict thoughts and direction of them and consequent behaviour

Question 7

assimilation vs accommodation

Answer 7

assimilation: view the present from the past (i was lucky, they were kind)
accommodation: change how you viewed yourself in the psat with future experience (i learnt a lot)

Question 8

multiple selves

psychologist: william james

Answer 8

1. material self
2. social self
3. spiritual self

Question 9

i vs me schema

Answer 9

i: active part of the self, reflective, thinking
1. as we have learnt to do
2. using our own valuing processes

me: reflective part of the self
1. competence
2. evaluation of important others

Question 10

higgins - self discrepancy theory

Answer 10

real self (aspects we posses)
ideal self(aspects we would like to posses)
expected self (aspects which we think are expected from us)

real self/ideal self conflict: dissapointment, depression, shame
real self/expected self conflict: guilt, anxiety, fear