Personality Theory

COMPARING THE BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO PSYCHOANALYSIS AND CHANGE WITH THAT OF PSYCHOANALYSIS

They both have similar strategies that are based on a person 's theory being dynamic and instrumental . The theory of personality consists of the concept of perceiving , feeling , thinking , and moving . There is an overlap of emotions and cognition . People tend to be happy and engage in behavior which is self destructive and think irrationally instead of being rational in their way of thinking . When people understand these tendencies they are able to change . The theory of

personality is activating emotional event , consequence of our emotions and how we belief . For example , I may get a rejection letter and interpret it to mean that I am a failure and get depressed . Because of the irrational beliefs and thinking process , it is important that we change these beliefs . In for cognitive psychotherapy to work , cognitive distortions should be apparent . People change behavior and become depressed and view themselves being incompetent and incapable of doing things (Beck , 1998 , pp15-22

They are similar in the way they use determinism where both environmental and dispositional factors are the ones that cause behavior . Both behavior and learning are acquired . Most behavior and learning of human beings are acquired , maintained and can be changed or modified through attending and watching what is done by other people and the outcome of those actions . This learning can occur without direct reinforcement

Both involve paying attention to what is done , retention of what they get , motor reproduction and being motivated to act . Individual have the capacity for self regulation where people set standards for their behavior and either reward or punish themselves for attaining or failing in their expectations . They have self efficacy where they effectively cope with and master their specific situations . They have internal-external locus of control where people with internal locus of control belief that outcome of their action and behavior relates to people with external locus of control and consequences are not related to their own action but controlled by forces from outside (Deffenbacher , 1999 pp295-300

Relative Strengths of Behavioral /Social Learning Approaches To Personality

People are seen as self organizing , self reflecting , proactive and self regulating instead of organisms that are reactive who are shepherded and shaped by forces from the environment or driven by inner impulses . It has social variables that determine what is learnt and how much is learnt . Self efficacy expectations determine the persistence and efforts we show in our behavior and develop as a function of direct , symbolic and vicarious instructional experiences (Elliott , 2001 pp38-45

This approach modifies behavior to decrease excessive behavior and increase deficient behavior through systematic desensitization , behavior rehearsal and aversion therapy . When there are problems with emotions for example anger , it has contingency management plan where expression of anger is controlled . The determinants of career success are locus of control , self esteem , self monitoring , optimism and job performance When people have knowledge , it is of theoretical and practical value for...