Watch one of the following movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Peaceful Warrior (2006)
Rain Man (1988)
Girl Interrupted
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
If you would like to use a different movie, you MUST get permission from your instructor first.
Using the main characters in the movie you chose, answer the following questions:
• Define cognition and provide a description of the cognitive processes.
• What is the relationship between cognition and personality development?
• Explain how biological and environmental factors can shape our cognitive processes.
• How do parents influence a child's personality according to each theory: evolutionary, biological/genetic, and behavioral?
• How does self-efficacy relate to personality?
• What "nature" and "nurture" factors contribute to one's self-efficacy?