PSYC 2740 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Silent Treatment
28 May 2014
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Personality interacts with situations in three ways: through selection, evocation and manipulation of the situation. These 3 can be applied to an understanding of how personality affects interpersonal situations. 1. the personality characteristics of others influence whether we select them as our dates, friends, and marriage partners. 2. the personality qualities of others evoke certain responses in us. Personality is linked to the ways in which we try to influence or manipulate others. These are the key ways in which personality interacts with the social environment. Situation selection: can hinge on personality dispositions and how we view ourselves. In everyday life, people choose to enter some situations and avoid others. Social selections are decision points that direct us to choose one path and avoid another. These decisions that determine our social environments, are often based on personality characteristics of the selector.
