Lecture 7

• theory-derived situations
• researcher-derived situations
• layperson-derived situations
• lexicon-derived situations

ex:// interdependence theory (20 ways to characterize situations

ex:// social-role theory - who am i? there are two types of info ppl provide, either trait info or they give role info (i'm a brother, a sister, a mother etc.)

researchers turn to their participants during their research

looking at adjectives

• normative congruence
• distinctive congruence

the extent to which a person's profile of behavior is associated with the average (normative) trait profile

the extent to which a person's profile of behaviour is associated with their unique (distinctive) trait profile

although congruent individuals tend to be better adjusted, past research has failed to differentiate between overall and distinctive congruence

• people's behavior will be more congruent in weak vs. strong situations
• your personality right now is in congruence with the situation you're in, not the personality that you have

people's behaviour will be more congruent in situations that fulfill their basic psychological needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence

situation allows free range of emotional expression

talking is permitted, invited, or conventionally expected

affords the opportunity to demonstrate intellectual capacity