Review the Learning Resources, focusing on theorists, cultural considerations, assessments/interventions, limitations, and unique aspects of cognitive and social-cognitive theory. Pos

COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL-COGNITIVE THEORY

Based on your readings for this Week, access the Personality Theory Matrix and complete the requested information in the Column I section for Cognitive and Social-Cognitive theory. Include information specific to cognitive theory and information specific to social-cognitive theory. You can use this information to support your Discussion post and response this week. 

Note: Continue to populate the Personality Theory Matrix spreadsheet you began in Week 2 to guide your learning about personality theories for your Module Assessment and submit it in Week 8 as part of your Module Assessment.

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. 

TO PREPARE

• Review the Learning Resources, focusing on theorists, cultural considerations, assessments/interventions, limitations, and unique aspects of cognitive and social-cognitive theory.

Post one key idea each from the cognitive and from the social-cognitive theoretical orientations. What is a main difference between these theoretical orientations? What is similar between these theories?  Which one do you more closely align with?

RESOURCES/REFERENCES

• Bandura, A. (2002). Social cognitive theory in cultural context. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 51Links to an external site.(2), 269–290.
• Beck, A. T. (2019). A 60-year evolution of cognitive theory and therapy. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14Links to an external site. (1), 16–20.
• Cervone, D., & Pervin, L. A. (2019). Personality: Theory and research (14th ed.). Wiley.
  
  • Chapter 11, “A Cognitive Theory: George A. Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory of Personality” (pp. 301–329)
  • Chapter 12, “Social-Cognitive Theory: Bandura and Mischel” (pp. 330–360)
  • Chapter 13, “Social-Cognitive Theory: Applications, Related Theoretical Conceptions, and Contemporary Developments” (pp. 362–392)
• Prochaska, J. O., & Norcross, J. C. (2018). The case of Mrs. C. Download The case of Mrs. C.In, Systems of Psychotherapy: A Transtheoretical Analysis (9th ed., pp. 15–17). Oxford University Press. Credit Line: SYSTEMS OF PYSCHOTHERAPY: A Transtheoretical Analysis, 9th Edition, by James O. Prochaska and John C. Norcross. Copyright 2018 by Oxford University Press. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press via the Copyright Clearance Center. 
  Note: You will use this  personality case study to complete your  Assignments in Weeks 2-6 and your Module Assessment. Download this case study and continue to use it throughout this Module.