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The person and the situation in an international model of behavior
Author(s) -
MAGNUSSON DAVID
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1976.tb00239.x
Subject(s) - consistency (knowledge bases) , situational ethics , psychology , personality , social psychology , cognitive psychology , internal consistency , developmental psychology , psychometrics , computer science , artificial intelligence
.— The report deals with two main problems: ( a ) cross‐situational consistency of person variables, which is discussed on the basis of a critical analysis of empirical research on cross‐situational stability of actual behavior, and ( b ) the role of the momentary situation in models of behavior, and the consequences of an interactional view for theorizing and research on situations. The analyses and discussions are based on two distinctions, namely ( a ) a distinction between consistency in terms of actual behavior and consistency in terms of mediating processes, and ( b ) a distinction between personality theories and measurement models. Three different senses of consistency in terms of reactions are distinguished.