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Schmitt, Neal; Oswald, Frederick L.; Friede, Alyssa; Imus, Anna; Merritt, Stephanie – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
Because person-organization fit relates to important outcomes, and because fit is a time-dependent process, there exists a need to model longitudinal data related to fit. In a multi-university sample (N=1174), we tested hypotheses concerning person-organization fit and various behavioral and attitudinal outcomes; correlations between changes in…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Interests, Educational Environment
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Assor, Avi – Social Behavior and Personality, 1987
Provides brief historical account of three stages in development of theoretical framework which has guided research on defensive effects of motives on person perception, then proposes revised interactive model as fourth stage of conceptualization. New model suggests that defensive effects of motives on person perception are most likely to occur in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Models
Aderman, David; Berkowitz, Leonard – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1970
Observes that different kinds of observational sets may elicit different empathic responses from the observers, and that these responses can influence the observers' subsequent willingness to be helpful. (MB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, College Students
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Amatu, Henry I. – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1981
Various definitions of shyness are suggested that denote shyness as overt bits of behavior, an intervening variable, and an experimental state. Describes a definition of shyness in global and specific forms, and constructs a theory of the causation, modifiability, and prevention of shyness. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Emotional Response
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Neimeyer, Greg J.; Merluzzi, Thomas V. – Small Group Behavior, 1982
Presents literature relevant to initial group structure and advances a model of group development based upon personal construct theory. The proposed model illuminates the relationship between initial structure and the psychological processes underlying group development. Research questions are posited to advance empirical tests of the model. (RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Contracts, Group Dynamics
Lamiell, James T. – 1983
The psychology of personality has always attempted to define the individual in relation to normative data. However, personality theory should be attempting to define individuals from an interactive measurement model, examining the individual in terms of his own subjective impressions about what he does, with a conception of what he does not do.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Evaluative Thinking, Individual Differences
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Hall, Jay; Williams, Martha S. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Decision Making, Group Behavior
Hauser, Joseph J. – 1975
This theoretical paper explores the implications of some modifications and extensions of the Transactional Analysis (TA) theory of personality and attempts to understand some specific aspects of human nature and behavior in evolutionary terms. "Ego State" as used in TA designates both a structural and functional unit of the personality.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Developmental Psychology, Individual Psychology, Interaction Process Analysis
Hill, Walter – J Appl Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Interaction Process Analysis, Leadership Qualities
Jennings, Rick L. – 1982
This manual summarizes and highlights basic considerations in interviewing children. The relationship between interviewing for data collection and interviewing within the counseling or psychotherapeutic context is discussed. The Interviewer's Functional Checklist is presented to provide a method for self-evaluating interviewer behavior, and for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Children, Communication Skills