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Virtuous states and virtuous traits: How the empirical evidence regarding the existence of broad traits saves virtue ethics from the situationist critique:
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A major objection to the study of virtue asserts that the empirical psychological evidence implies traits have little meaningful impact on behavior, as slight changes in situational characteristics... as discussed by the authors argues that the evidence suggests traits have few meaningful impacts on behavior.Abstract:
A major objection to the study of virtue asserts that the empirical psychological evidence implies traits have little meaningful impact on behavior, as slight changes in situational characteristics...read more
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A conceptual framework for the neurobiological study of resilience
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Duplicity among the dark triad: Three faces of deceit.
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Whole Trait Theory: An integrative approach to examining personality structure and process
TL;DR: Whole Trait Theory (WTT) as discussed by the authors was developed as an integrative model of traits that incorporates mechanisms of differential reaction to situations, providing an explanatory account to the Big 5 (defined in terms of density distributions of personality states) creates two parts to traits, an explanatory part and a descriptive part.
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Temperament and brain networks of attention.
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The Emerging Science of Virtue.
TL;DR: This article clarified how virtue research relates to prosocial behavior, positive psychology, and personality psychology and does not run afoul of the fact–value distinction by clarifying how the STRIVE-4 framework can unify extant research and fruitfully guide future research.
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The Structure of Phenotypic Personality Traits
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