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- noun psychology A
school of thought which holds thatpersonality is more influenced byexternal factors than byinternal traits ormotivations .
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"situationism" -- have denied that traits of character are stable, consistent, or evaluatively integrated in the way that ancient or contemporary philosophers suggest.
Moral Character Homiak, Marcia 2007
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"situationism": to be a situationist was to be actively engaged in the construction of situations which would go beyond the point of no return, not to be a believer in some ideology.
The gaping silence 2010
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Surrealism, situationism, having a laugh, call it what you will.
Frank Sidebottom ... 'He'd have died to be in the charts' 2010
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Like their fellow live-art veterans Noble + Silver, who combined comedy, technology and situationism to such potent effect, New Art Club prove that some of the best comedy aspires to be more than just funny.
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In The Lucifer Effect, Zimbardo tells this tale and how it reinforces his belief in situationism, ie, the belief that people's conduct is determined less by their basic disposition, their fundamental character, than by the situation in which they find themselves.
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In The Lucifer Effect, Zimbardo tells this tale and how it reinforces his belief in situationism, ie, the belief that people's conduct is determined less by their basic disposition, their fundamental character, than by the situation in which they find themselves.
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In The Lucifer Effect, Zimbardo tells this tale and how it reinforces his belief in situationism, ie, the belief that people's conduct is determined less by their basic disposition, their fundamental character, than by the situation in which they find themselves.
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At a conference some years ago on the Situationist International the leader of The Fall, Mark E Smith repeatedly asked: “what is situationism?”
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The way that Hanfeizi's situationism threatens Confucian virtue ethics is that it disputes the possibility of the junzi, noblepersons who possess firm and stable excellent characters.
Chinese Ethics Wong, David 2008
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Psychological situationism (as distinct from the Situationist political movement of the 1960's and 70's) is an important trend in social psychology that emphasizes the importance of situations, as opposed to personal dispositions, in generating particular behaviors.
New Perspectives on the Psychology of Evil; Why Good People Do Bad Things 2007
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