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1
Q

complete the sentence:
personality psychologists have tended to focus more on _____, while social psychologists have tended to focus more on ______

A

the person; the situation

2
Q

what did Kurt Lewin’s Field theory propose? when?

A

B = f(P,E)

Behaviour is a function of the person and the environment

3
Q

what are the 2 key claims of Walter Mischel (1968)

so, what is his conclusion and what is the name of his approach/theory?

A
  1. Personality a weak predictor of behaviour (r ~ .30).
  2. Behaviour varies considerably over situations.

    The concept of a personality trait is “untenable”. Behaviour is largely driven by situations
    - situationism
4
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what are some situationist “spin-off” theories?

A
  • The Fundamental Attribution Error

- The Conceptual Similarity Critique

5
Q

what is the breakdown of Cohen’s effect sizes ?

A

Small: r = .10
Medium: r = .30
Large: r = .50

6
Q

what did Richard et al. (2003) find as the average effect sizes across 25,000 studies of 8 million people in personality and psychology…

A

.21