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One of the main tenets of the situationist argument is the matter of predictability: situationists argue that personality traits are useless because they cannot be used to predict behavior. One of the strongest reasons cited behind this argument is:

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The accuracy and applicability of behavioral predictions have a very low ceiling, as we can see from the low correlational coefficient associated with most research data.

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Situationist clearly argues that the accuracy and applicability of personality traits in predicting behavior is as low as 0.4, and that is a low ceiling to conclude that personality traits can be used in predicting behavior. According to them personality traits may overemphasize the consistency level in people's behavior.

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