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Situation (Psychology)- Human behavior are factors of the given situation that they are put in, rather than the traits or personality that they posses...

Behavior is believed to be influenced by external, situational factors rather than internal traits or motivation. Situationists believe that thoughts, feelings, dispositions, and past experiences and behaviors will not suggest what someone will do in a given situation, but the situation itself will. Situationists tend to assume that character traits are distinctive, meaning that they do not completely disregard the idea of traits, but suggest that situations have a greater impact on behavior than those traits. Situationism is also influenced by culture, such that the extent to which people believe that situations impact behaviors varies between cultures. Situationism has been perceived as arising in response to trait theories, and correcting the notion that everything we do is because of our traits. However, situationism has also been criticized for ignoring individuals' inherent influences on behavior. There are many experiments and evidence supporting this topic, and shown in the sources below but also in the article itself. But these experiments do not test what people would do in situations that are forced or rushed, most mistakes are made from rushing and or forgetting something due to lack of concentration. Situationism can be looked at in many different ways, this means that situationism needs to be tested and experimented in many different ways.


 * 1) Krahe, B. (1993) Personality and Social Psychology: Towards a Synthesis. London: Sage.
 * 2) Faupel, Adrian, et al. Anger Management : A Practical Guide. Vol. 2nd ed, Routledge, 2011
 * 3) Situationism (psychology)