Exam 15: The Cognitive Approach: Theory, Application, and Assessment

A researcher examines not only how people think of themselves today,but also the kind of person they want to become or are afraid of becoming. The researcher is probably investigating

Ideal selves represent our dreams and aspirations as well as our fears and anxieties.

One function served by our "possible selves" is to

According to Kelly,personal constructs

The approach of self-discrepancy theory proposes

Compare Kelly's conception of human personality with Freud's view. Discuss the basic tenets and structure of Kelly's personal construct theory.

According to Kelly,people want to understand the world so that they can predict and control what happens to them.

Many different therapies fall within the broad cognitive approach,but each cognitive therapy identifies _________ as the cause of behavioral problems and disorders.

Cognitive personality researchers have looked at each of the following kinds of cognitive-affect units except one. Which one?

According to Ellis,people have psychological problems due to faulty reasoning based on

Albert Ellis's goal in rational emotive therapy is to

According to Ellis,people have psychological problems because of faulty reasoning due to unconscious impulses.

Which of the following would most likely be of interest to a theorist from the cognitive approach?

Which part of the A-B-C process would be saying to yourself,"It is necessary that I get perfect grades in school."?

Researchers use each of the following dependent variables except one to examine the strength of schemas.Which one?

Which of the following is true about the cognitive processes that produce behavior?

Discuss Albert Ellis's rational-emotive therapy and highlight two goals of this cognitive approach to psychotherapy. Explain what is meant by the A-B-C process with an example of your own. According to Ellis's approach to psychotherapy,identify the A,B,and C elements in your experience.

According to Kelly,psychological problems are caused by

The cognitive approach to personality explains differences in personality as differences in the way people respond to stress.

Jennifer answers quickly when asked if her mother is introverted,but it takes her longer to answer when asked if her next-door neighbor is introverted.Schema researchers would interpret this to mean that