Which of the following is the best example of a situationist argument?

Why might adults tend to be more stable when it comes to personality and decision making, whereas adolescents and children tend to be more erratic and fluctuating?

Adults tend to be more consistent than younger people because they have undertaken adult responsibilities and have established consistent identities.

forgiveness, political liberalism, and artistic interests.

The pro-personality response to the situationist argument hinged on three points. Which of the following was NOT among their counterarguments?

Situationists overemphasize the level of consistency in people's behavior.

The idea that people are psychologically different and that it is important and interesting to note these differences is made evident by

words arising to describe individual differences.

In the end, what might be a good way of understanding the relationship between situational variables and personality traits?

Situational variables tell us about how people will act under certain circumstances; personality traits tell us about how people act in general.

Which personality trait is associated with poor coping, criminal behavior, and poor family relations?

Mischel's original argument was that the correlations between personality and behavior, or between behavior in one situation and behavior in another situation, seldom exceeded

The idea that persons and situations constantly work together to produce behavior is called

The person-situation debate focuses on which question?

Which is more important for determining what people do, the person or the situation?

The __________ says that under the right circumstances, anybody could be rich, popular, and successful. The __________ says that some people possess characteristics that make bad outcomes relatively likely.

situationist view; trait approach

Situationists have claimed that situations are important and yet do not measure the effects that situations have on behavior. Which of these choices is a likely reaction from a pro-personality psychologist to this claim?

This is difficult to understand because there is already a large body of research dedicated to calculating the effects of situations on behavior.

According to the text, why might older people be more inclined to believe that individuals generally possess consistent personality traits?

As people age, they develop consistent personalities for themselves through embarking on a career track, starting families, and undertaking roles and responsibilities.

Let's say that when you are at work, your office is always spotless. The papers are always filed, no folders are lying around, and everything is neat and tidy. But when you are at home, your bedroom is a mess, clothes are all over the floor, and dirty dishes are all over the room. This is an example of the concept that people

often vary their actions and behavior depending on the situation

Which of the four sentences is NOT one of the three main facets of interactionism; that is, the way in which persons and situations produce behavior together?

People's personality traits are often in opposition of the situation.

Which personality trait is related to happiness, attractiveness, and leadership?

In the end, which is more important for determining what people do, the individual's personality or the situation?

Both factors are important to any individual's behavior.

The trait approach to personality psychology can best be described as

translating the natural, informal language of personality and processing it quantitatively to predict and explain human behavior.

Personality is the baggage you carry with you. It affects life outcomes in __________, but not always in__________.

the long run; the short run

Unhappiness, poor family relations, and occupational dissatisfaction characterize which of the Big Five personality traits?

In Funder and Ozer's reanalysis of several famous studies of cognitive dissonance, bystander intervention, and obedience, what did their algebraic comparison reveal?

The sizes of the effects of personality and of the situation in predicting behavior were much more similar than many had assumed.