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A Cognitive-Affective System Theory of Personality: Reconceptualizing Situations, Dispositions, Dynamics, and Invariance in Personality Structure.
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Mischel, Walter; Shoda, Yuichi – Psychological Review, 1995
A theory of personality is proposed to reconcile paradoxical findings on the invariance of personality and the variability of behavior across situations. Individuals are assumed to differ in the accessibility of cognitive-affective mediating units and the organizations of the interactions of these units and situations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology
Attention in Delay of Gratification
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Mischel, Walter; Ebbesen, Ebbe B. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Toward a Cognitive Social Learning Reconceptualization of Personality
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Mischel, Walter – Psychological Review, 1973
Diverse data challenge and undermine the central assumptions of the traditional trait approach to personality. The implications for conceptions of individual differences and situations in the study of personality are examined. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Interaction Process Analysis
Objectives and Strategies in the Layperson's Categorization of Behavior.
Hoffman, Curt; Mischel, Walter – 1980
The effects of observational purpose are thought to impact on such diverse processes as categorization, behavior perception, trait ascription, and memory. The role of observational purpose in the categorization of behavior was explored to determine whether differences between trait and goal concepts affect certain information-processing…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Cognitive Processes