Learning Objectives

Psychology of Personality – Fall 2008 – Final Exam

Chapter 13

George Kelly

1.         The student will be able to provide or recognize a description of the cognitive approach to understanding human personality.

2.         The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of the following terms: construct & constructive alternativism

3.         The student will be able to state Kelly’s fundamental postulate

4.         The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of each of Kelly’s eleven (11) corollaries.

5.         The student will be able to provide or recognize a description of the following terms: self-characterization sketch

6.         The student will be able to provide or recognize a description of the Role Construct Reparatory Test

7.         The student will be able to provide or recognize a description of fixed role therapy

8.         The student will be able to distinguish between the following terms: cognitive complexity & cognitive simplicity

Chapter 14

B.F. Skinner

9.         The student will be able to provide or recognize a description of the behaviorist approach to understanding human personality.

10.     The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of the following terms: respondent behavior, extinction, & operant conditioning

11.     The student will be able to either provide or recognize examples of each of the four schedules of reinforcement.

12.     The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of the following terms: successive approximation (shaping), behavior modification, & token economy

13.     The student will be able to distinguish between the following terms: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, & negative punishment

14.     The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of functional analysis

15.     The student will be able to list, describe and apply the 4 steps of the Skinnerian behavior modification plan discussed in class

Chapter 15

Albert Bandura

16.     The student will be able to provide or recognize a description of the social-learning approach to understanding human personality.

17.     The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of the following terms: observational learning, modeling, vicarious reinforcement, disinhibitions

18.     The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of the BoBo Doll Study

19.     The student will be able to list or recognize at least three characteristics of a model.

20.     The student will be able to list or recognize at least two attributes of an observer that are likely to promote optimal observational learning

21.     The student will be able to list the four (4) steps/processes of observational learning

22.     The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of each of the four (4) steps/processes of observational learning

23.     The student will be able to distinguish between the following terms: self-reinforcement & self-efficacy

24.     The student will be able to list the four factors that promote self-efficacy

25.     The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of the following term: reciprocal determinism

Chapter 16

(Do not worry!!! The questions will be very straight forward since we did not have an opportunity to cover this chapter in class)

Julian Rotter

26.     The student will be able to distinguish between the following terms: internal locus of control & external locus of control

27.     Given a set of statements, the student will be able to recognize whether they represent an internal or external locus of control

Marvin Zuckerman

28.     The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of the following term: sensation seeking

29.     The student will be able to list or recognize the four components of sensation seeking

Martin E.P. Seligman

30.     The student will be able to describe or recognize a description of the following terms: learned helplessness, explanatory style

31.     The student will be able to list or recognize at least four variables associated with a “happy personality”

Final Exam Question

32.     Student will attend class and see what I have to say about the final exam essay question!!!!!!!!