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Applying Meta‐theory to Achieve Generalisability and Precision in Personality Science
Author(s) -
Shoda Yuichi,
Mischel Walter
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
applied psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1464-0597
pISSN - 0269-994X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00264.x
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , domain (mathematical analysis) , psychology , personality , contrast (vision) , content (measure theory) , psychopathology , personality theory , cognitive psychology , epistemology , meta analysis , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , clinical psychology , mathematics , medicine , mathematical analysis , philosophy
In contrast to traditional theories of personality, the CAPS perspective is a meta‐theory that is deliberately “content‐free”. The generalisability of the theory depends on how widely its basic, common principles and methods can be applied to identify the constructs (e.g. situation‐specific encodings, beliefs, values, etc.) relevant to a given domain of behavior and situations. In this commentary we will discuss how the target article illustrates the use of the CAPS meta‐theory for developing domain‐specific content‐full models for smoking cessation, psychopathology, and organisational behavior.