Two Major Patterns of Cognition-Affect-Behavior

 

HELPLESS

MASTERY-ORIENTED

  • Maladaptive
  • Avoidance of challenge
  • Deterioration of performance in face of obstacles
  • Failure = negative self-cognitions (personal inadequacy in deficient intelligence, memory, or problem-solving ability)
  • Express negative affect (aversion to the task, boredom, anxiety
  • Direct attention away from present performance and toward more successful endeavors and praiseworthy attributes.
  • Difficulties = Failures and threats to self-esteem
  • Further effort is futile
  • Performance Goals (proving ability)
  • Effort measures ability (high effort = low ability, low effort = high ability)
  • Overconcern with proving adequacy = ignore, avoid, or abandon potential learning opportunities
  • Believe intelligence is fixed
  • Low sociometric status (avoid rejection)
  • Engage in moral actions to prove morality
  • Adaptive
  • Seek challenging tasks
  • Maintain effective striving under failure
  • Do not make attributions to their failure
  • Unsolved problems = challenges to me mastered through effort.
  • Solution-oriented self-instruction and self-monitoring
  • Positive cognitions and affect
  • Difficulties = opportunities to learn
  • Learning Goals (improving ability)
  • Believe intelligence is increasable
  • Highly social (social interaction
  • Develop moral understanding to appropriately face a situation