Explorations in behavioral consistency: Properties of persons, situations, and behaviors.
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Vol. 60 (5) , 773-794
- https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.60.5.773
Abstract
In a study exploring the cross-situational consistency of behavior, 140 undergraduate Ss were videotaped in each of 3 laboratory settings, and personality descriptions of these Ss were obtained from friends and acquaintances. Analyses focused on the degree to which Ss maintained consistent patterns of behavior across laboratory settings and between these settings and daily life. The following conclusions were reached: (a) Behavior can exhibit impressive consistency at the level of psychological meaning, (b) psychological properties of situations can be detected from their behavioral effects, (c) cross-situational consistency and discriminativeness are independent, and (d) some behaviors are more consistent than others. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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