Exam 12: The Social-Cognitive Approach to Personality: Walter Mischel and Julian Rotter

All except one of the following are among the basic assumptions of Rotter's theory. Which is NOT one if his basic assumptions?

What did Menon et al. (1999) find when they compared East Asians with North Americans on the causal attributions for behavior each group makes?

Rotter believes

A concept in common to Mischel and Rotter is

Social cognitive learning theory

Why did Rotter leave Ohio State for the U. of Connecticut?

Shoda and Mischel (1993) found which factor to be important in determining individual differences in categorizing situations?

When Wright and Mischel (1988) took a closer look at the "trait" statements used by subjects to explain behavior, they found

Which is Mischel's greatest contribution?

All the following are true of recent research on locus of control (LC) and computer use/mastery and LC and health issues. Which is NOT true of that research?

Which of the following is one of Mischel's beliefs?

In Mischel's 1968 book Personality Assessment, he brought forth what famous thesis?

Why is it important to consider "language" when studying personality cross-culturally?

All of the following are problems with trait theory (Big 5) but not with Cognitive Social theory according to Cervone and colleagues, except one. Which is NOT one of those problems?

A generalized expectancy is

According to Mischel, who will be successful in a situation?

Personal factors

Delay of gratification refers to

Internal control refers to

Hexel (2003) found