Mischel's Cognitive-Affective Personality System (CAPS) Proposes Something That Can Be

question 352

Multiple Choice

Mischel's cognitive-affective personality system (CAPS) proposes something that can be referred to as 'if... then...behaviour'. Which phrase best summarizes the circumstances under which behavioural consistency would be predicted by that theory?

• A)global consistency across all situations and across all people
• B)consistent behaviour from a given person, across all situations
• C)there is rarely ever consistency within the same situation
• D)consistent behaviour from a given person, when within similar situations
• E)there is rarely ever consistency within the same person

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