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A cognitive-affective system theory of personality: Reconceptualizing situations, dispositions, dynamics, and invariance in personality structure

Mischel, Walter, Shoda, Yuichi·1995·Psychological Review

Abstract

A theory was proposed to reconcile paradoxical findings on the invariance of personality and the variability of behavior across situations. For this purpose, individuals were assumed to differ in (a) the accessibility of cognitive-affective mediating units (such as encodings, expectancies and beliefs, affects, and goals) and (b) the organization of relationships through which these units interact with each other and with psychological features of situations. The theory accounts for individual differences in predictable patterns of variability across situations (e.g., if A then she X, but if B then she Y), as well as for overall average levels of behavior, as essential expressions or behavioral signatures of the same underlying personality system. Situations, personality dispositions, dynamics, and structure were reconceptualized from this perspective.

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Authors
Mischel, W., & Shoda, Y.
Affiliations
Columbia University (US)
Venue
Psychological Review
Published
1995
Volume
102
Issue
2
Pages
246-268
ISSN
  • 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1471
OpenAlex
W2098728364
Cited by
3,889
References
178
Citations by year
2026: 192 · 2025: 217 · 2024: 238 · 2023: 167 · 2022: 140 · 2021: 222 · 2020: 232 · 2019: 147 · 2018: 149 · 2017: 164 · 2016: 176 · 2015: 145 · 2014: 140 · 2013: 186 · 2012: 142
FWCI
45.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh045994-05, 5r01mh039263-03)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH39349, MH39263, MH45994)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
personality theory, situational variability, personality dispositions, personality dynamics, individual differences, behavioral signatures, goals, affect
MeSH terms
Affect, Cognition, Humans, Individuality, Personality, Social Behavior, Social Environment

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