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- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- General Introduction
- Part I Foundational Issues: History and Approaches to Personality
- Part II Description and Measurement: How Personality Is Studied
- Part III Development, Health and Change: Life Span and Health Outcomes
- Part IV Biological Perspectives: Evolution, Genetics and Neuroscience of Personality
- Part V Cognitive and Motivational Perspectives: Dynamic Processes of Personality
- 21 Cognitive Processes and Models
- 22 Self-Regulation and Control in Personality Functioning
- 23 Basic Needs, Goals and Motivation
- 24 Personality and the Self
- 25 Traits and Dynamic Processes
- 26 Anxiety, Depression and Cognitive Dysfunction
- Part VI Social and Cultural Processes: Personality at the Intersection of Society
- Part VII Applications of Personality Psychology: Personality Traits and Processes in Action
- Addendum: Statistical Analyses and Computer Programming in Personality
- Index
- References
25 - Traits and Dynamic Processes
from Part V - Cognitive and Motivational Perspectives: Dynamic Processes of Personality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- General Introduction
- Part I Foundational Issues: History and Approaches to Personality
- Part II Description and Measurement: How Personality Is Studied
- Part III Development, Health and Change: Life Span and Health Outcomes
- Part IV Biological Perspectives: Evolution, Genetics and Neuroscience of Personality
- Part V Cognitive and Motivational Perspectives: Dynamic Processes of Personality
- 21 Cognitive Processes and Models
- 22 Self-Regulation and Control in Personality Functioning
- 23 Basic Needs, Goals and Motivation
- 24 Personality and the Self
- 25 Traits and Dynamic Processes
- 26 Anxiety, Depression and Cognitive Dysfunction
- Part VI Social and Cultural Processes: Personality at the Intersection of Society
- Part VII Applications of Personality Psychology: Personality Traits and Processes in Action
- Addendum: Statistical Analyses and Computer Programming in Personality
- Index
- References
Summary
The study of human behavior in psychology has been shaped by the two competing perspectives that make up the Lewinian equation – the person and situation perspectives (Fleeson & Jayawickreme, 2018). Whereas Lewin emphasized the importance of both the person and the situation as determinants of individual behavior, these two perspectives on behavior have historically been examined separately in the fields of personality and social psychology. As a field, personality science has a long and distinguished history, and has accrued a deep and robust evidence base for describing individual differences, assessing their stability over time, and showing their predictive functionality for a range of positive life outcomes (Jayawickreme et al., 2014). More recently, this focus on description has given way to sustained interest in the question of why, how, when and where individual differences (e.g., in traits, goals, values) originate, manifest in daily lives, and entail important personal, social, occupational and societal consequences.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology , pp. 352 - 363Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020