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Julian Rotter & M
TOP - Exam 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Middle Age | According to research related to Rotter's theory, people become more internally oriented as they grow older, peaking in |
| A. were happier and more physically active. | Elderly residents of a nursing home who were given greater choices in their daily lives |
| Developed External Locus of Control | In research related to Rotter's theory, children whose mothers were depressed and had little education or income were likely to |
| Optimistic | According to Seligman, a(n) _____ explanatory style can prevent learned helplessness. - happier and healthier |
| Learned Helplessness in childhood > | a pessimistic explanatory style in adulthood |
| Positive Psychology | deals with happiness, excellence, and optimal life functioning. |
| Internal Locus of Control | outcome result from owns effort, ability, or actions |
| External Locus of Control | outcomes rae due to luck, fate, or others power |
| Internal LOC Ex. | misfortunes due to laziness, ignorance, or lack of ablity - more responsibility, more achievement-oriented |
| External LOC Ex. | rewards depend on luck, fate or others - feel less control, more stress, more passive |
| Age Trend | Ppl become more internal with time, peak mid-30s |
| more external locus | Childhood environment ow income, low education, depressed parents |
| Learned helplessness | no control over our environment. - Giving up after repeated failure or lack of control - cause repeated exposure to uncontrollable events |
| Childhood Helplessness | More pessimistic in Adulthood |
| Optimistic Explanatory Style | bad events are temporary, specific, and not your fault - live longer |
| Pessimistic Explanatory STyle | bad events are permanent, widespread, and your fault |
| Rotter's early life history and how it shaped his theory of personality | Read Freud and Adler in high school, started in Chem then switched to Psychology. |
| How does LOC relate to psychical health | If a person is a victim of abuse they are pushed more towards External LOC. High Internal LOC results with lower blood pressure, fewer heart attacks and faster recoveries. More attention to health, wear seat belts, exercise and quit smoking |
| Martin Seligman | President of APA's, Know for positive psychology. - what to study the positive side of psych |
| Devlopment of Learned Helplessness | Tested on dogs with electrical shocks in cages and with humans using buttons and an annoying tone. (sound). First round, they both gave up and just took it, second round they didn't even try to get out. |
| Developing Learned Helplessness | Particularly vulnerable during infancy and childhood, more likely to on in later life with pessimistic explanatory style. -Infant: hungry cries to have needs met, on one is coming results in learned helplessness. -Childhood: Poor social support from par |
| Arden House | 1st FLR- Staff had responsibility for permissions and personal wellbeing = not as healthy or happy 2nd FLR - Residents had choices and responsibility for their own wellbeing = Healthier, lived longer, happier |
| Cancer Patients | Patients without LH had more T-cells, killer cells and psychically healthier. Groups with optimistic had better psychological adjustment versus groups with pessimistic had worse adjustment. |
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