W2 Chapter 4.8 - Interactionism As Context-Dependent Expression Of Personality Flashcards

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What is a verbal hedge?

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A word or phrase that limits a trait’s applicability

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What is Mishel & Shoda’s (1995) view of how traits affect behaviour?

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traits are not freestanding tendencies to act, but patterns of linkages between situation and action.

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What is a behaviour signature?

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The pattern of situation-behaviour links that person has established over time and experience

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What is the conclusion about the impact of traits from the interactionist view?1.

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That the impact of traits seems context-dependent

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What are the three views of the effects of traits on behaviour?

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  1. absolute consistency
  2. relative consistency
  3. an interactionist model
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What is absolute consistency?

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People’s traits are displayed at a relatively constant level, no matter the situation

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What is relative consistency?

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that situations influence the overall levels at which the trait is displayed, but people retain the dame ordering

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What is the interactionist model?

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some situations permit or even elicit individual differences, whereas others do not

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