– Personality, Situations, and Person–Situation Interactions

Readings

Textbook – Chapter 22
Text: 
John, O. P., Robins, R. W., & Pervin, L. A. (2010). Handbook of personality: Theory and research (3rd ed). New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 13: 978-1609180591
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Villasana, M., Alonso-Tapia, J., and Ruiz, M. (2016). A model for assessing coping and its relation to resilience in adolescence from the perspective of “person–situation interaction.” Personality and Individual Differences 98, 250-56.

Liao, F.-Y., Yang, L.-Q., Wang, M., Drown, D., & Shi, J. (2013). Team-member exchange and work engagement: Does personality make a difference? Journal of Business and Psychology, 28(1), 63-77.

Assignments: Discussion Question: Argue for the importance of the role of either the personality or situation in shaping human thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Take the perspective of either a hypothetical modern social psychologist or a hypothetical modern personality psychologist trying to convince the other of his or her view, using a specific example [e.g., the life of a fictional character on a television show, the life of a celebrity of sorts].