Week 3 - Trait Stability

Question 0

Situationalist critique

Answer 0

Consistency coefficients for various moral situations averaged .30-.40 and were evidence of relative specificity of particular moral beh - Mischel.

Social situations determined by social norms and conventions particular to that situation.

Question 1

Assumptions of personality difference classification

Answer 1

1. Traits relatively consistent over different situations (cross-situational stability)
2. Traits relatively enduring over time (temporal stability)

Question 2

Emic & Etic

Answer 2

Emic: meaningful to the individual; from a person, within a culture

Etic: by the scientific observer as culturally neutral;