Walter Mischel has argued that personality tests have low predictive validities because __________.

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Mischel's theory of situationism posits that behavior is highly variable across situations, thus making measures of personality traits less predictive of behavior than originally thought. This is because personality traits are assumed to be consistent across situations, and thus, these measures have low predictive validity.

Walter Mischel Has Argued That Personality Tests Have Low Predictive