Oxford University Press eBooks· 2017· Book chapter
The Oxford Handbook of Psychological Situations
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Short summary
This handbook provides a comprehensive review of psychological situations, consolidating theory, methods, findings, and applications in a field that has historically lagged behind the study of persons.
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Key points
- The study of psychological situations has historically received less attention than the study of persons.
- Recent years have seen increased development of assessment instruments and theoretical perspectives for understanding situations.
- This handbook offers a comprehensive review of current research on psychological situations.
- It covers theory, methods, findings, and applications from leading experts in the field.
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Abstract
Even as the acknowledgment that “behavior is a function of an interaction between the person and situation” has attained the status of a truism in psychology, the study of situations has lagged far behind the study of persons. This imbalance has begun to be remedied in recent years, with the development of assessment instruments and new theoretical perspectives for understanding situations. More and more papers are being published, symposia and even entire conferences are being devoted to the interplay of persons and situations, and research is progressing rapidly. This handbook offers an extensive review of the research on psychological situations, providing a one-stop source for readings on the state of the art of theory, methods, findings, and applications in this burgeoning field. The handbook chapters are written by experts in their respective research areas and are conveniently organized along these themes. Bringing together historical reviews, theoretical pieces, methodological descriptions, and empirical applications, this volume is the definitive, go-to source for a psychology of situations.
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