Behavior Vs Social Cognitive Approach

Psychologists have developed many method 's of analyzing and configuring one 's habits as well as behavior patterns. Two approaches that are generally used when observing personality habits are the Behavioral and the Social/cognitive approaches. The Behavioral approach suggest that people are controlled absolutely by their environment. Behavioral approaches don 't rely on on ideas of internal traits, tendencies, defenses, and motivations. The social/cognitive approach differs from the behavioral approach because it views perception and cognition as the nucleus of what it means to be human, and also the way that people interpret their environments, particularly their social surroundings, is seen as central to their humanness, …show more content…
The possible occurrence of another big win is most likely a reason why I still continue this habit. However the continuation of this habit could be even deeper than the possible occurrence of another big win, and this is due to the fact that I am not satisfied with my economical status. Somewhere in the corners of my mind I feel that I am destined to obtain great wealth, but I have tried to stop gambling on several occasions. Usually there are several distinct phases of this addiction:the winning phase, the losing phase and the desperation phase(Benassu, 2011). I have unfortunately experienced all of these phases, and all though I have not quit my interactions with gambling have been limited. According to the behavioral personality theory this habit is formed by the personality trait of impulsivity that plays a key role in the evolution of pathological gambling and is one of the key components in other impulse related disorders(Sinha, 2004). It also means that conditioning influenced my desire to gamble, and that winning and losing gradually became a familiar pattern that continued as I got older. Conditioning comes about through interaction with the environment. Behaviorists think that our outcomes to environmental stimuli form our …show more content…
My personality reflects similar aspects from that of my parents specifically my mother. At my current age and from what I remember from her behavior at the age of thirty are closely similar in reference to gambling habits. I do believe that I have more self control than my mother did, but if the habit can 't be completely be eliminated it doesn’t really matter. In conclusion, analyzing and configuring one 's habits using the behavioral and social/cognitive theories makes diagnosing and understanding your own habits simple. Dissecting my own habits helped to realize how operant conditioning and partial reinforcement shape one 's habits. Advancement from gambling habits is a marathon, not a sprint. It involves effort, diligence and lifestyle changes that keep one healthy and safe from the cravings to gamble that will most surely arise. Behaviorism isn 't as influential today as it was around the mid 20th-century, it still remains an influential force in