Chapter 4- Exam 1

Question 1

Situationism

Answer 1

• believe situations are more important than personality traits in determining behavior
• situational effect sizes are .36 to .42
• not legit
• ex: r= .4 (square it) = 16% personality trait and 84% situation

Question 2

Interactionism

Answer 2

• view that people ad situations are constantly interacting with each other to produce behavior
• the effect of a personality variable may depend on the situation or vice versa
• certain types of people go to or find themselves in different types of situations
• people change the situations that they are in

Question 3

Person Situation Debate

Answer 3

• Mischel believes behavior is too inconsistent across situations for individual differences to be characterized by traits

Question 4

Research findings on persons and situations

Answer 4

• we can use personality to understand relationships, jobs, and business
• personality traits are better for describing how people act in general

Question 5

Effect sizes for situations and personality

Answer 5

situations are .36 to .42

Question 6

Conscientiousness and Citizenship

Answer 6

• a perspective that employees have whereby they extend their behaviors beyond the normal duties of their positions

Question 7

Predicting life outcomes

Answer 7

• personality can predict health outcomes