13. Theories of Personality

Walter Mischel argued that different circumstances influenced how traits were expressed, an assumption known as _____ interaction.

When Patrice first started her job, her coworkers believed that she was passive, soft-spoken, apprehensive, and unpolished. Now that she has been at her job for about two years, Patrice's co-workers know her as being outgoing, assertive, well-educated, and pioneering. Walter Mischel might attribute the differences in Patrice's expression of traits to

The assumption that the particular circumstance of any given situation will influence the way in which a trait is expressed is known as