Personality can influence many things in a person's life. This includes how a person will react to a situation. Different personality traits can be attributed to different dispositional or learning theories, such as linking the dehumanization of a victim to social cognitive theory. An association can be made between interpersonal relational aspects and some of these theories. Personality is an aspect of the self that people often think about, but most never truly contemplate its meaning or depth. Personality and Situational Behavior Personality traits can influence academic success and many other long-term outcomes. Traits also influence everyday moods (Feist & Feist, 2009). An individual's personality may seem unstable from one situation to another: this means that an individual may be acutely aware of his or her academic work, but not aware of the cleanliness of his or her home or the working condition of his or her automobile (Feist & Feist, 2009). The lack of interest in cleaning the house and running the car may be due to several factors, but it still emphasizes that his characteristic of being conscientious is situational. A person's disposition will influence his behavior only under certain conditions or in specific situations (Feist & Feist, 2009). This observation seems to suggest that an individual's perception of self and situation plays an important role in behavior, as opposed to personality as the sole indicator (Feist & Feist, 2009). Another example of situational changes in personality includes dating. An outgoing and friendly person may be shy and reserved when they have a date with a new person or when they are around someone they are interested in. This could be because the person wants to make a good impression; is located... in the center of the sheet... ext, but usually isn't. Dispositional theories range from 3 character traits up to 18,000. There are four distinct theories of learning with almost as many variations in thinking. Allport seems to have the right idea that no single theory is perfect or can encompass every aspect and dimension of personality. The best way to learn about a personality is to study the individual. Works Cited Feist, J., & Feist, G. (2009). Theories of personality (7th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. Kell, H. J., Rittmayer, A. D., Crook, A. E., & Motowidlo, S. J. (2010). Situational content moderates the association between the big five personality traits and behavioral effectiveness. Human Performance, 23(3), 213-228. doi:10.1080/08959285.2010.488458Marcic, R., & Grum, D. (2011). GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE COMPONENTS OF SELF-CONCEPT AND SELF-ESTEEM. Psychological Studies, 53(4), 373-384.