PSYCH-220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Situation Two, Statistical Significance
30 Sep 2020
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Trait approach: no other man kluckhohn and murray. Every man is in certain respects (a) like all other men, (b) like some other men, (c) like. What is more important for determining what people do the person or the. Behaviour is too inconsistent across situations for individual differences to be characterized by traits. Behavioural inconsistency people don"t always act the same in every situation. Mischel assessed relationships between s and b data, i and b data, and b and other b data. Personality accounts for only some of behaviour. Lab studies couldn"t view people more than once or twice- not a good determination of behaviour. Consistency as a moderator variable (individual difference) Self-monitoring: people high on this change their behaviour according to situation take control of situation to make more favourable impressions. People who prefer consistency are more consistent. Some behaviours are more consistent than others. I prefer to be around people whose reactions i can anticipate.
