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Somehow similar to Bandura's proposal, Walter Mischel's Theory of Personality states that an individual's behavior is influenced by two things- the specific attributes of a given situation and the manner in which he perceives the situation. In contrast to the traditional social cognitive theories, Mischel argued that a person only behaves in a similar manner whenever these actions are highly probable to yield into the same results. He emphasized that we have individual differences, so our values and expectancies must be considered in predicting a person's behavior and personality.
According to Mischel, there are five person variables that contribute to the conditions of a specific situation. They are used in predicting how a person will most likely behave.
1. Competencies - our intellectual capabilities as well as social skills.
2. Cognitive Strategies - the different perceptions of a specific event. For instance, what may be "threatening" for you may be "challenging" to another person.
3. Expectancies - the expected results of different behaviors that are realized by the person inside his mind.
4. Subjective Values - the respective value of each possible outcomes of various behaviors.
5. Self-regulatory systems - the groups of rules and standards that people adapt to in order to regulate their behavior.
In the end, Mischel believes that personality per se does not exist, and that our traits are merely cognitive strategies or things that we do for us to obtain the kind of reward we want.
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