Personality Development

we need to know SLT and psychodynamic explanations

for social learning theory, we need to know about bandura and 1 other social learning theorists perspective

i have Mischel's situationalist perspective mentioned in my notes... does anyone know what this is?! im totally stumped. i just dont remember doing this!
any help would really be appreciated x

Reply 1

zzzzzoe

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also, does anyone know the last time personality development came up? how likely is it to appear?? :s-smilie:

Reply 2

AudiTy

Situationalism:
Mischel (1968) argues that ‘personality’ is not a consistent set of predictable behaviours but a response that will vary widely according to different situations. Others claim that humans have several sub personalities. The exact nature and function of these sub personalities is yet to be revealed but Rowan calls for a radical re-think of our current understanding of the concept of personality.

Evaluation of Mischel’s theory:
Whilst we may not be entirely consistent across every situation, and may act ‘out of character’ occasionally, that does not mean that there is not a basic set of behaviours that characterise us – and which we display on most occasions.

To suggest that we only respond to situations doesn’t allow for individual responses that are at odds with the situational requirements. The anti conformist who refuses to do what everyone else does, the eccentric who doesn’t understand why everyone needs to behave in a similar manner, individualists who can afford not to care about what other people think or expect and simply do what they want to do, are all examples of people whose personalities transcend situational determinants. And we all sometimes do something just for the hell of it.

Mischel pointed out that the reason we may think that personality is consistent is because we tend to see people in similar situations, and offer excuses for occasional lapses. One advantage of Mischel’s theory, therefore, is that it can explain personality inconsistency.

A further reason why we think of personality as being consistent is because that is the way our minds are organized. The notion of consistency is a useful tool for organizing our perceptions about others and ourselves, and it allows us to be able to make predictions about subsequent behaviour. We all intuitively recognize the situational element whenever we say, ‘She is never late except when her children are ill’. However, Mischel suggests that this is a ‘personality paradox’, because we think that we and others have consistent personalities but this is not true.

Source: http://alevelpsychologynotes.blogspot.com/2007/06/personality-development.html

-AudiTy =o

Reply 3

zzzzzoe

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AudiTy

Situationalism:
Mischel (1968) argues that ‘personality’ is not a consistent set of predictable behaviours but a response that will vary widely according to different situations. Others claim that humans have several sub personalities. The exact nature and function of these sub personalities is yet to be revealed but Rowan calls for a radical re-think of our current understanding of the concept of personality.

Evaluation of Mischel’s theory:
Whilst we may not be entirely consistent across every situation, and may act ‘out of character’ occasionally, that does not mean that there is not a basic set of behaviours that characterise us – and which we display on most occasions.

To suggest that we only respond to situations doesn’t allow for individual responses that are at odds with the situational requirements. The anti conformist who refuses to do what everyone else does, the eccentric who doesn’t understand why everyone needs to behave in a similar manner, individualists who can afford not to care about what other people think or expect and simply do what they want to do, are all examples of people whose personalities transcend situational determinants. And we all sometimes do something just for the hell of it.

Mischel pointed out that the reason we may think that personality is consistent is because we tend to see people in similar situations, and offer excuses for occasional lapses. One advantage of Mischel’s theory, therefore, is that it can explain personality inconsistency.

A further reason why we think of personality as being consistent is because that is the way our minds are organized. The notion of consistency is a useful tool for organizing our perceptions about others and ourselves, and it allows us to be able to make predictions about subsequent behaviour. We all intuitively recognize the situational element whenever we say, ‘She is never late except when her children are ill’. However, Mischel suggests that this is a ‘personality paradox’, because we think that we and others have consistent personalities but this is not true.

Source: http://alevelpsychologynotes.blogspot.com/2007/06/personality-development.html

-AudiTy =o

thanks!! thats great

Reply 4

AudiTy

zzzzzoe

thanks!! thats great