the main effects of situations arc removed by standardization) is assumed to re-of the intra-individual pattern of variation should on average of personality, contextual- of variability for particular types of behavior, forming a behav- of personality (Shoda et al 1994). Note that such profiles, illus- of the situation of behavior in depth and detail it became possible to find of personality stability, enriching rather than undermining the Behavioral Roots Consistency : flect only intrinsic unprcdictability or measurement error. From that perspec- tive, the stability be zero. The obtained findings obviously contradict this expectation and reveal that meaningfully patterned behavioral expressions ized within particular situations, characterize individuals. They yield distinc- Recent evidence shows that these more-complex manifestations of personality stability alld coherence also arc linked to self·perceptions of consistency. It is noteworthy that the individual's self-perception of consistency with regard to a dimension of behavior or trait in recent research has been related to the intra- individual of cross-situational consis- tency. This was found in a reanalysis by Mischel & Shoda (1995) of the Carle- ton College field study (Mischel & Peake 1982). In that study, college students were repeatedly observed on campus in various situations relevant to their con- scientiousness in the college setting (such as in the classroom, in the dormi- tory, the library), assessed over repeated occasions in the semester. Students

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the main effects of situations arc removed by standardization) is assumed to re-of the intra-individual pattern of variation should on average of personality, contextual- of variability for particular types of behavior, forming a behav- of personality (Shoda et al 1994). Note that such profiles, illus- of the situation of behavior in depth and detail it became possible to find of personality stability, enriching rather than undermining the Behavioral Roots Consistency

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flect only intrinsic unprcdictability or measurement error. From that perspec- tive, the stability be zero. The obtained findings obviously contradict this expectation and reveal that meaningfully patterned behavioral expressions ized within particular situations, characterize individuals. They yield distinc- Recent evidence shows that these more-complex manifestations of personality stability alld coherence also arc linked to self·perceptions of consistency. It is noteworthy that the individual's self-perception of consistency with regard to a dimension of behavior or trait in recent research has been related to the intra- individual of cross-situational consis- tency. This was found in a reanalysis by Mischel & Shoda (1995) of the Carle- ton College field study (Mischel & Peake 1982). In that study, college students were repeatedly observed on campus in various situations relevant to their con- scientiousness in the college setting (such as in the classroom, in the dormi- tory, the library), assessed over repeated occasions in the semester. Students

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