AP PSYCHOLOGY

PERSONALITY

SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If you believe that fate decides everything and there’s little you can do to change your destiny, psychologists would say that you have a(n)
A
low self-esteem.
B
external locus of control.
C
low amount of self-control.
D
internal locus of control.
E
high amount of self-efficacy.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -If you believe that fate decides everything and there’s little you can do to change your destiny, psychologists would say that you have a(n) low amount of self-control. internal locus of control.

Detailed explanation-2: -Psychoanalytic, humanistic, trait perspective and behaviorist theory are the four main personality theories.

Detailed explanation-3: -Six Approaches to Personality Six general approaches to explaining personality. These are the psychoanalytic approach, the trait approach, the biological approach, the humanistic approach, the behavioral /social learning approach, and the cognitive approach.

Detailed explanation-4: -What’s a personality theory? Personality theories are the result of hypotheses, experiments, case studies, and clinical research led by scientists in the psychology and human behavior field. Personality is your unique set of behaviors, experiences, feelings, and thought patterns that make you you.

Detailed explanation-5: -WALTER MISCHEL AND THE PERSON-SITUATION DEBATE His report triggered a decades-long period of self-examination, known as the person-situation debate, among personality psychologists.

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