In the last 25 years, there is no issue in personality psychology which has been as hotly debated as that of consistency. This book introduces scalability as a reasonable and theoretically satisfying conceptualization of consistency. Three empirical studies of scalability are described; their focus is on the role of scalability as a moderator in prediction. This book makes significant inroads in the field of personality measurement, and, by reviewing previous approaches to personality assessment, it provides a sound theoretical basis for the description and mapping of personalities. TOC:Contents: Personality Traits and Psychological Explanation.- Consistency in Personality Measurement.- Scalability and Elevation.- A Single Trait Measure of Scalability.- Development of the Situation Behavior Inventory.- Scalability and Elevation as Measure by the SBI.- Scalability on Standard Personality Inventories.- Scalability Re-examined.- References.- Appendix 1 - Situation Behavior Inventory (SBI).- Appendix 2 - Programs for Computing Scalability.- Index.
