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After studying Chapter 12, you should be able to
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define cognition, including an identification of the key levels of cognition that are of interest to personality psychologists; |
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define and differentiate personalizing cognition and objectifying cognition; |
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compare and contrast human information processing and computer information processing; |
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define field dependence, and review recent and historical work on this personality variable; |
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discuss the key assumptions and concepts of Kelly's Personal Construct Theory; |
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discuss historical and modern work by personality psychologists on pain tolerance and sensation reducing-augmenting; |
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define locus of control, and discuss historical and modern work on this personality variable; |
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differentiate generalized expectancies from specific expectancies; |
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define learned helplessness, and discuss historical and modern work on this personality variable; |
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discuss explanatory style, and identify how it is a reformulated theory of learned helplessness; |
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discuss and differentiate the explanatory style dimensions of internal/external, stable/ temporary, and global/specific; |
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discuss the key elements of optimistic and pessimistic explanatory styles, and provide examples of each type of explanatory style; |
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discuss work on the relationship between explanatory style and health; |
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discuss Personal Projects Analysis as a strategy for studying personality; |
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discuss personality research focusing on life tasks, goals, and strategies; |
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discuss intelligence as an individual difference variable; |
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differentiate the achievement and aptitude approaches to intelligence; |
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discuss general intelligence and specific intelligences; and, finally, |
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discuss the cultural context of intelligence. |