1. What is the relationship between cognition and personality development? Explain how biological and environmental factors can shape our cognitive processes.
2. Explain how evolutionary, biological/genetic, and environmental (i.e. learning) factors can result in the development of an aggressive personality. Provide specific examples, when appropriate.
3. How do parents influence a child's personality according to each theory: evolutionary, biological/genetic, and behavioral? Give examples that illustrate how each of these models relates to parenting and children's personality development.
4. What is self-efficacy? How does self-efficacy relate to personality? What "nature" and "nurture" factors contribute to one's self-efficacy? Provide specific examples, when appropriate.