PSYCH 150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Personality Psychology, Twin, Twin Study
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General assumptions of personality psychology: stable qualities characterize individuals, conceptualized as dispositions (e. g conscientiousness, sociability-friendliness, expresses as consistent, stable behavior (conscientious behavior in many situations and over time) There are stability and coherence to personality but the consistency of behavior across situations is not very high. In traditional conceptions, the variability in an individual"s behavior across situations is seen as unwanted, uninformative variance reflecting either situational influences or measurement error. If these patterns of situation-behavior relations are indeed stable and meaningful, rather than just measurement error, they are if them. Cognitive-affective personality systems theory (mischel and shoda, 1995) Individuals differ in the types of cognitive-affective units they have accessible. Differences between individuals in their expectations, emotions, beliefs, etc. Organization of the relationship among those units. Differences between individuals in what thought leads to what other thought in the mind. The article of situation-behavior profiles as a locas of consistency in personality.
