Student Center | Instructor Center | Information Center | Home
Theories of Personality, 5/e
Student Center
Beyond Biography
Personality Plus PDF
Career Opportunities
PowerWeb


Chapter Objectives
Chapter Outline
Multiple Choice Quiz
Essay Quiz
True or False
Fill in the Blanks
Suggested Readings

Feedback
Help Center



Learning Theories
Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory
Theories of Personality Cover Image

Fill in the Blanks



1

1. The theories of Rotter and Mischel are ________________-directed, meaning that they see people as being guided by their expectations of the future.
2

2. As an interactionist, Rotter believes that a combination of environmental and _________ variables is responsible for behavior.
3

3. Any condition that moves a person toward a ___________________ defines Rotter’s empirical law of effect.
4

4. Behavior _________________ refers to the likelihood that a given behavior will occur in a particular situation.
5

5. _____________________ is a person’s expectation of being reinforced.
6

6. Behavior potential is a function of both ___________________ value and expectancy.
7

7. External ____________________ includes events, conditions, or actions that our culture values.
8

8. Rotter sees people as ________________ animals whose perception of events are more important than the events themselves.
9

9. __________________________ is the need to be free of the domination of others.
10

10. Need _________________________ refers to the possible occurrence of a set of functionally related behaviors directed toward the satisfaction of the same or similar goals.
11

11. Internal control of reinforcement is a ____________________ expectancy.
12

12. Rotter saw _______________________ behavior as those actions that fail to move a person closer to a desired goal.
13

13. Mischel proposed a _______________________ view of personal dispositions that suggests that behavior is caused by people’s perception of themselves in a particular situation.
14

14. The ______________________ paradox refers to the observation that many people believe that behavior is stable from one situation to another despite evidence that it is not.
15

15. Mischel and Shoda’s cognitive-____________________ personality system suggests that behavior reflects stable patterns of variation.
16

16. Intelligence is a ________________________ variable and may be one reason why traits are as consistent as they are.
17

17. People’s ____________________ strategies are ways that they categorize information from external stimuli.
18

18. Mischel’s cognitive-affective personality system suggests that people are largely shaped by an interaction of _________________ personality traits and the situation.
19

19. Behavior _____________________ expectancies refer to people’s guesses about the results of their behavior.
20

20. Rotter’s concept of ________________ of control is one of the most frequently researched areas in psychology.




(c)2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of The McGraw-Hill Companies.