Cognitive-Social Learning Theories
Personality theories that view behavior as the product of the interaction of cognitions, learning and past experiences, and the immediate environment
Expectancies
In Bandura's view, what a person anticipates in a situation or as a result of behaving in certain ways
Locus of Control
According to Rotter, an expectancy about whether reinforcement is under internal or external control
Self-Efficacy
According to Rotter, an expectancy about whether reinforcement is under internal or external control
Performance Standards
In Bandura's theory, standards that people develop to rate the adequacy of their own behavior in a variety of situations
Objective Tests
Personality tests that are administered and scored in a standard way
Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
Objective personality test created by Cattell that provides scores on the 16 traits he identified
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
The most widely used objective personality tests, originally intended for psychiatric diagnosis
NEO-PI-R
The most widely used objective personality tests, originally intended for psychiatric diagnosis
Projective Tests
Personality tests, such as the Rorschach inkblot test, consisting of ambiguous or unstructured material
Rorschach Test
A projective test composed of ambiguous inkblots; the way people interpret the blots is thought to reveal aspects of their personality
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
A projective test composed of ambiguous pictures about which a person is asked to write a complete story
Control their own fates ; external
People with an internal locus of control are convinced they can ______________ ; people with a _________ locus of control don't believe this
