COM 275 Exam 2, MSU Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Social cognitive theory
Answer: Direct offshoot of social learning theory (BOBO)
Question 2: Triadic reciprocal causation (SCT).
Answer: Three behaviors that interact to determine each other. 1. Behavior 2. Personal characteristics 3.
Environmental events
Question 3: Triadic reciprocal causation based on four distinctly human traits
Answer: 1. Symbolizing capacity 2. Self-Regulatory capacity 3. Self-Reflective capacity 4. Vicarious
capacity
Question 4: Symbolizing capacity
Answer: The ability to use symbols to transform experiences into cognitive models for the future (words)
Question 5: Self-Regulatory capacity
Answer: The ability to evaluate and motivate oneself.
Question 6: Self-Reflective capacity
Answer: The ability to verify thoughts to see if they are right
Question 7: Vicarious capacity
Answer: The ability to learn without direct experience.
Question 8: Four self reflective modes
Answer: 1. Logical mode 2. Inactive mode 3. Social mode 4. Vicarious mode***
Question 9: Logical mode
Answer: Verify using logical deduction
Question 10: Enactive mode
Answer: Verify by assessing consistency between perception and own experience to make sure thinking is
correct.
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, Question 11: Social mode
Answer: Verify based on comparisons with other's beliefs
Question 12: Vicarious mode***
Answer: Verify based on observing the experience of others and their outcomes.
Question 13: Observational Learning
Answer: Basic logic of the theory -A person learn by observing the actions of others and the consequences
of those actions. -We learn both behavior as well as the expected outcomes
Question 14: Modeling
Answer: The reenactment of observed behavior
Question 15: 4 processes involved in modeling
Answer: Attention, retention, motor reproduction, motivation (driven by positive outcomes from direct
experience, observation of positive outcomes for others and internal values)
Question 16: Abstract Modeling
Answer: Rules of previously learned behavior generate new behaviors in related situations.
Question 17: Effects of Modeling
Answer: Observing actions that conflicts with established behavior has two effects: Inhibitory effects and
Disinhibitory effects.
Question 18: Inhibitory effects
Answer: Observation restrains a person from acting in a previously learned way
Question 19: Disinhibitory effects
Answer: Observation weakens internal restraints on certain behaviors
Question 20: Pro-social effects of viewing media
Answer: Empathy and sharing
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Question 1: Social cognitive theory
Answer: Direct offshoot of social learning theory (BOBO)
Question 2: Triadic reciprocal causation (SCT).
Answer: Three behaviors that interact to determine each other. 1. Behavior 2. Personal characteristics 3.
Environmental events
Question 3: Triadic reciprocal causation based on four distinctly human traits
Answer: 1. Symbolizing capacity 2. Self-Regulatory capacity 3. Self-Reflective capacity 4. Vicarious
capacity
Question 4: Symbolizing capacity
Answer: The ability to use symbols to transform experiences into cognitive models for the future (words)
Question 5: Self-Regulatory capacity
Answer: The ability to evaluate and motivate oneself.
Question 6: Self-Reflective capacity
Answer: The ability to verify thoughts to see if they are right
Question 7: Vicarious capacity
Answer: The ability to learn without direct experience.
Question 8: Four self reflective modes
Answer: 1. Logical mode 2. Inactive mode 3. Social mode 4. Vicarious mode***
Question 9: Logical mode
Answer: Verify using logical deduction
Question 10: Enactive mode
Answer: Verify by assessing consistency between perception and own experience to make sure thinking is
correct.
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, Question 11: Social mode
Answer: Verify based on comparisons with other's beliefs
Question 12: Vicarious mode***
Answer: Verify based on observing the experience of others and their outcomes.
Question 13: Observational Learning
Answer: Basic logic of the theory -A person learn by observing the actions of others and the consequences
of those actions. -We learn both behavior as well as the expected outcomes
Question 14: Modeling
Answer: The reenactment of observed behavior
Question 15: 4 processes involved in modeling
Answer: Attention, retention, motor reproduction, motivation (driven by positive outcomes from direct
experience, observation of positive outcomes for others and internal values)
Question 16: Abstract Modeling
Answer: Rules of previously learned behavior generate new behaviors in related situations.
Question 17: Effects of Modeling
Answer: Observing actions that conflicts with established behavior has two effects: Inhibitory effects and
Disinhibitory effects.
Question 18: Inhibitory effects
Answer: Observation restrains a person from acting in a previously learned way
Question 19: Disinhibitory effects
Answer: Observation weakens internal restraints on certain behaviors
Question 20: Pro-social effects of viewing media
Answer: Empathy and sharing
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