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Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.
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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
1986
Description
Many psychologists have promoted the use of personality traits and
other dispositional constructs for the prediction of human behavior.
However, other psychologists have concluded that individuals do not
exhibit sufficient cross-situational consistency in their behavior to
warrant the use of dispositional measures as predictors of behavior
(e.g., Mischel, 1968; Nisbett, 1980). The present research was
designed to demonstrate that cross-situational consistency correlation
coefficients may be inadequate indicators of the utility of
dispositional constructs. In particular, it was proposed that a
consideration of the situational constraint present within a situation
and the degree of the opportunity to self-select into a situation are
important factors which aid in the specification of when personality
traits can and cannot be used successfully to predict human behavior.
other dispositional constructs for the prediction of human behavior.
However, other psychologists have concluded that individuals do not
exhibit sufficient cross-situational consistency in their behavior to
warrant the use of dispositional measures as predictors of behavior
(e.g., Mischel, 1968; Nisbett, 1980). The present research was
designed to demonstrate that cross-situational consistency correlation
coefficients may be inadequate indicators of the utility of
dispositional constructs. In particular, it was proposed that a
consideration of the situational constraint present within a situation
and the degree of the opportunity to self-select into a situation are
important factors which aid in the specification of when personality
traits can and cannot be used successfully to predict human behavior.
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43 p.
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Identifier
14344
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Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.
Date Backup
1986
Date Text
1986
Date Issued (EDTF)
1986
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FADT14344
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monographic
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
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WALKER, JACK B.
Graduate College
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43 p.
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EFFECTS OF SITUATIONAL CONSTRAINT AND SELF-SELECTION ON THE CROSS-SITUATIONAL CONSISTENCY OF BEHAVIOR
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1986
monographic
Boca Raton, Fla.
Florida Atlantic University
Physical Location
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Digital Library
Title
EFFECTS OF SITUATIONAL CONSTRAINT AND SELF-SELECTION ON THE CROSS-SITUATIONAL CONSISTENCY OF BEHAVIOR
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EFFECTS OF SITUATIONAL CONSTRAINT AND SELF-SELECTION ON THE CROSS-SITUATIONAL CONSISTENCY OF BEHAVIOR