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Rotter and Mischel: Cognitive Social Learning Theory

True or False


1	Rotter's theory is future-oriented; that is, it allows for a person's expectations of future events.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	Rotter believes that personality is shaped solely by one's environment.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	Rotter believes the individual is solely responsible for behavior.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	Rotter assumes that motivation is goal-directed.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	Of older, European-born personality, Rotter was most influenced by Alfred Adler.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	Behavior potential and expectancy are variables used in predicting general behaviors.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	Freedom of movement is analogous to the concept of expectancy.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	In shaping behavior, people's psychological situation is more important than their physical environment, according to Rotter.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	One of the components of Rotter's general prediction formula is freedom of movement.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


10	Rotter's Internal-External Control Scale classifies people into two distinct groups.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


11	Interpersonal trust refers to the belief that people are naturally good.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


12	A person who scores high on the Interpersonal Trust Scale is likely to believe that most people can be counted on to do what they say they will do.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


13	Rotter believes that maladaptive behavior inevitably arises from the combination of high need value and low freedom of movement.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


14	The personality theory of Mischel and Shoda is called behavioral social learning theory.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


15	Mischel's theory of personality shows the influence of both Bandura and Rotter.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


16	Mischel was born in Vienna, at a time when Freud was living there.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


17	Mischel believes that behavior is much more consistent than most psychologists assume.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


18	During the late 1920s, Hartshorne and May found that school children who were honest in one situation were also honest in other situations.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


19	Mischel holds that people have no consistent traits or dispositions.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


20	Mischel and Shoda argue that inconsistencies in a person's behavior are due solely to the situation.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


21	Mischel and Shoda can be considered to be interactionists, meaning that they believe that person variables interact with situation variables to produce behavior.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


22	Cognitive competencies are generally more consistent than the other person variables.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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