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1
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person argument

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  • behavior is determined in large by a person’s traits

- > individuals will act similarly much of the time

2
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person evidence

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-people differ in central point around which they vary

3
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situation argument

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  • immediate situation is primary determinant of behavior

- > individual will act very differently on different occasions

4
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situation evidence

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-amount of within-person variability was just as large as within-person variability in emotion

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interactionism

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  • situation as primary factor
  • personality consists of differences between individuals in how they react to situations, rather than in general ways of acting (traits)
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density distribution approach

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-used to determine how differently the typical person acts on different occasions

7
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state level

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  • short-term variation in personality construct

- state-level association: ?

8
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trait level

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  • generalized and personalized characteristics and stable modes of individual’s adjustment to his environment
  • Big5

-trait level association: people who are more sociable may also experience more positive affect

9
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personality-situation transactions

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-describe how people select, create, change and construct situations based on their dispositions

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how can we explain why personality-situation transactions did not consistently increase with age? (3)

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1) external constraints in health oder social environments may limit possibilities to choose and create personality-compatible situations
2) people increasingly know themselves more with age, but are not able, or not willing to act on it
3) cohort effects: younger cohorts are more focused on self-fulfillment compared with older cohorts

11
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experience sampling

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  • daily diary method
  • ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
  • asked 6 times a day over 6 weeks
  • or 4 times a day over 2 weeks
  • > report recent thoughts, feelings and behaviors