Psychology Behavioral, Cognitive, Theories
Behavioral, Cognitive and Social Learning Theories
For Unit seven project, I will define, analyze and examine my understanding of the genetic and environmental factors that influence personality. Then I will answer the following four short-essay questions which will consists of 200 – 300 words, that will help me find the best solutions using my assessment skills. For the first question, I will discuss what the relationship is between cognition and personality and explain how biological and environmental factors can shape our cognitive processes. In addition, an example that shows how a person’s cognitive processes can shape some aspect of personality will be provided. Secondly, I will explain and provide examples, when necessary, of how evolutionary, biological/genetic and environmental variables can result in the development of an aggressive personality. Thirdly, I will discuss how parents are influential in a child’s personality in relation to evolutionary, biological/genetic and behavioral theories. Further, examples will be provided to illustrate how each of the aforementioned models relates to parenting and children’s personality development. Then, I will discuss what self efficacy is and how it relates to personality. In furtherance, I will discuss what “nature” and “nurture” factors contribute to one’s self efficacy and provide examples when it is appropriate to do so. All the aforementioned findings will be submitted in a word project. Upon completion of this project, I will submit it to Kaplan University drop box. Both cognition and personality development follow a similar path in that they both follow a timetable of development that expresses milestones in development at similar times in relation to a child’s cognition and personality growth. A shy person is thought to be related to a biologically based temperament although there are theorists like Staats who challenge the aforementioned (Cloninger, Allen, Friedman and Schustack, 2008, p. 364).
For Unit seven project, I will define, analyze and examine my understanding of the genetic and environmental factors that influence personality. Then I will answer the following four short-essay questions which will consists of 200 – 300 words, that will help me find the best solutions using my assessment skills. For the first question, I will discuss what the relationship is between cognition and personality and explain how biological and environmental factors can shape our cognitive processes. In addition, an example that shows how a person’s cognitive processes can shape some aspect of personality will be provided. Secondly, I will explain and provide examples, when necessary, of how evolutionary, biological/genetic and environmental variables can result in the development of an aggressive personality. Thirdly, I will discuss how parents are influential in a child’s personality in relation to evolutionary, biological/genetic and behavioral theories. Further, examples will be provided to illustrate how each of the aforementioned models relates to parenting and children’s personality development. Then, I will discuss what self efficacy is and how it relates to personality. In furtherance, I will discuss what “nature” and “nurture” factors contribute to one’s self efficacy and provide examples when it is appropriate to do so. All the aforementioned findings will be submitted in a word project. Upon completion of this project, I will submit it to Kaplan University drop box. Both cognition and personality development follow a similar path in that they both follow a timetable of development that expresses milestones in development at similar times in relation to a child’s cognition and personality growth. A shy person is thought to be related to a biologically based temperament although there are theorists like Staats who challenge the aforementioned (Cloninger, Allen, Friedman and Schustack, 2008, p. 364).
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