Situational similarity and personality predict behavioral consistency

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-343

  Sherman, Ryne A ^a   Nave, Christopher S ^a   Funder, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral consistency; Personality; Situation assessment; Situational similarity; Situations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; Q-SORT; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS;

EID: 77955336972     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019796     Document Type: Article

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