Does our personality change or remain generally stable during challenging circumstances like this pandemic?
., talked a lot, hugged someone, felt sad, read poetry, finished a task on time, etc.). The second is a situational diary, in which I name a few specific times in the past week and ask them to describe where they were and what was happening. They then score these situations in terms of categories called the Situational 8 , each of which can be considered a feature of a situation. For example, the category “Adversity” asks to what extent someone was threatened in a given situation.
Some psychologists would refer to quarantining as an extremely “strong” situation—that is, our behaviors are likely being driven by external forces more than internal forces . In a strong situation, it could be argued that one is not “being” her or himself.
category, and it conforms to expectations, as some of the extraversion-relevant behaviors seem much less likely in our current situation.Another way to consider how much life has changed is in terms of the psychological situations that one encounters. Do we find ourselves in similar circumstances? Again, obviously not.
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