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  2. Decisional balance sheet - Wikipedia

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    Psychology professor Finn Tschudi's ABC model of psychotherapy uses a structure similar to a decisional balance sheet: A is a row that defines the problem; B is a row that lists schemas (tacit assumptions) about the advantages and disadvantages of resolving the problem; and C is a row that lists schemas about the advantages and disadvantages of ...

  3. Person–situation debate - Wikipedia

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    People change situations by how they act and what they do in these situations. [28] A commonly used example of person-situation interaction is the Stanford prison experiment, where college students participated in a study that simulated a prison setting with some students acting as guards and others as prisoners.

  4. Social dynamics - Wikipedia

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    The field of social dynamics brings together ideas from economics, sociology, social psychology, and other disciplines, and is a sub-field of complex adaptive systems or complexity science. The fundamental assumption of the field is that individuals are influenced by one another's behavior.

  5. Personality change - Wikipedia

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    While still uncertain, research suggests that genetics play a role in the change and stability of certain traits in a personality. [7] They have also discovered that environmental sources affect personality too. [8] The debate over nature versus nurture have pervaded the field of psychology since its beginning.

  6. Punctuated equilibrium in social theory - Wikipedia

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    Policy change will thus be punctuated by changes in these conditions, especially in party control of government, or changes in public opinion. As a result, policy is characterized by long periods of stability, punctuated by large—though less frequent—changes due to large shifts in society or government.

  7. Situationism (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, the popularity of the Big Five-Factor Model of Personality within the field of psychology has overshadowed the theory of situationism. Because this model of personality identifies specific personality traits and claims they can explain behavior and decisions of an individual, situationism has become a bit obsolete.

  8. Attachment in adults - Wikipedia

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    Investigators study the stability of working models by looking at the stability of attachment styles. Attachment styles reflect the thoughts and expectations that constitute working models. Changes in attachment styles, therefore, indicate changes in working models.

  9. Balance theory - Wikipedia

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    In the psychology of motivation, balance theory is a theory of attitude change, proposed by Fritz Heider. [1] [2] It conceptualizes the cognitive consistency motive as a drive toward psychological balance. The consistency motive is the urge to maintain one's values and beliefs over time.