TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1951//
TI  - A theoretical framework for personality and social behavior
JO  - American psychologist, The
A1  - Sears, Robert R.
SP  - 476
EP  - 482
VL  - 6
IS  - 9
N2  - In the last twenty years "data of social psychology have been meager and personality studies have been mostly restricted to clinical observations." A theory is needed to facilitate development in these areas. Properties of a theory for personality and social behavior include (1) actions, i.e., "the basic events to which behavior theory has reference"; (2) dynamics, i.e., "changes in behavior in (a) performance (b) acquisition and (c) potentialities for action." If personality and social behavior are to be included in a single theory, the basic monadic unit of behavior must be expendable into a diadic one. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-066X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0063671
ID  - ref1
ER  -