2. Individual who posted and age
Name:______________________________________________________ Date:_____________ Period:____
Overview: The social-cognitive perspective on personality emphasizes the interaction of persons and their situations. This theory indicates that we learn many of our behaviors either through conditioning or through observing others and modeling our behavior after theirs. The social-cognitive perspective also emphasizes the importance of mental processes such as what we think about our situations and how it affects our behavior.
Task: Analyze how our schemas, memories, and our expectations influence our behavior patterns.
Directions: Analyze the posts from yourself and other individuals on various social media accounts and find examples to complete the box below.
Topic
Individual who posted and age
Direct Post
Explanation
External locus of control
Internal locus of control
Learned helplessness
Spotlight effect
Self-serving bias

3. Name:______________________________________________________ Date:_____________ Period:____
Directions: Keep a running tally of how many posts fit into the topic categories. (ie. III) Keep track of the age and sex of the posters.
Topic
Tally
Age Range
Female Male
External locus of control
Internal locus of control
Learned helplessness
Spotlight effect
Self-serving bias
Discussion Questions:
1. Explain the relation of reciprocal determinism on social media posts.
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2. Were there differences in the numbers of external vs. internal locus of control posts? Why is this?
3. Were the majority of the posts pessimistic or optimistic?
4. Did you perceive any differences in the types of posts made by people your age, younger, and older?
5. Did post topic vary by sex?
6. What was the most common type of post?
7. How would you evaluate individuals’ self esteem based on their posts?
8. What do the majority of the posts say about our culture? Do you feel we have become a narcissistic culture?