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The Role of Person-by-Situation Interactions in Personality Theory

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Hunt (1965) has indicated that, in the context of progress in the field of personality, “knowledge of persons has been disturbingly static over the centuries” (p. 80). This may be partially because many of our theories and beliefs are dissonant with the empirical evidence, as is discussed in this chapter.

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