Walter Mischel Papers

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Guide to the Walter Mischel Papers

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Guide to the Walter Mischel SC0307 1 Papers Overview Call Number: SC0307 Creator: Mischel, Walter. Title: Walter Mischel papers Dates: circa 1959-1984 Physical Description: 11 Linear feet Summary: Correspondence, drafts of articles and chapters, speeches, lectures and teaching materials; audio tapes (reel-to-reel) of lectures. Language(s): The materials are in English. Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6064 Email: [email protected] Phone: (650) 725-1022 URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Gift of Walter Mischel, 1984. Information about Access This collection is open for research. Ownership & Copyright All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Cite As Walter Mischel Papers (SC0307). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Biographical/Historical Sketch Professor of psychology at Stanford University, 1962-1984, following teaching appointments at the University of Colorado and Harvard University. A fellow of the American Psychological Association, Mischel received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution award from the Association for outstanding contributions to personality theory and assessment in 1982. Description of the Collection Correspondence, drafts of articles and chapters, speeches, lectures and teaching materials; audio tapes (reel-to-reel) of lectures. Access Terms Mischel, Walter. Stanford University. Department of Psychology. Faculty. Lectures. Manuscripts (for publication). Personality Assessment. Psychology.

ACCN 1984-014 Papers Note 1. Box 1-4 are articles & speeches, primarily in draft form

Guide to the Walter Mischel SC0307 2 Papers ACCN 1984-014Papers

Box 1, Folder 1 "Alternatives in the Pursuit of the Predictability and Consistency of Persons: Stable Data that Yield Unstable Interpretations," ca. 1983 Box 1, Folder 2 "Consistency in Social Behavior" – grant application, 1982 Box 1, Folder 3 "The Development of Knowledge about Self Control," Box 1, Folder 4 "Delay of Gratification as Process and as Person Variable in Development" ca. 1983 Box 1, Folder 5 "The Interaction of Persons and Situations" 1979 Box 1, Folder 6 "Metacognition and the Rules of Delay" Box 1, Folder 7 "On the Interface of Cognition and Personality: Beyond the Person-Situation Debate" 1978 Box 1, Folder 8 "On the Predictability of Behavior and the Structure of Personality" Box 1, Folder 9 "Social Knowledge: Structure, Content, Use and Abuse," with letter from Nancy Cantor (co-author) 1980 Box 1, Folder 10 "Some Facets of Consistency: Replies to Epstein, Funder, and Bem" 1983 Box 1, Folder 11 Funder, David C. "The 'Consistence' Controversy and the Accuracy of Personality Judgments" 1983 Box 1, Folder 12 [loose and stray pages of articles, figures, etc.] Box 1, Folder 13 [correspondence] Box 1 assorted Mischel reprints Box 2, Folder 1 "Beyond Déjà Vu in the Search for Cross-situational Consistency" Box 2, Folder 2 "Convergences and Challenges in the Search for the Person," APA address 1983 – draft 1983 Box 2, Folder 3 "Convergences and Challenges in the Search for the Person," APA address 1983 – drafts July 1983 Box 2, Folder 4 "Convergences and Challenges in the Search for the Person," APA address 1983 – drafts August 1983 Box 2, Folder 5 "The Facets of Consistency: Replies to Epstein, Funder, and Bem" – drafts June 1983 Box 2, Folder 6 "The Facets of Consistency: Replies to Epstein, Funder, and Bem" – miscellaneous pages Box 2, Folder 7 Symposium on Interactional Psychology, Sweden 1975 – miscellaneous information Box 2, Folder 8 Mellstrom, Martin, "General Versus Specific Trait Anxiety Measures in the Prediction of Fear of Snakes, Heights, and Darkness" Box 2, Folder 9 [loose and stray pages of articles, figures, etc.] Box 3, Folder 1 "A Cognitive Social Learning Approach to Morality and Self-regulation," ca. 1976 Box 3, Folder 2 "A Cognitive Social Learning View of Person X Situation Interaction," paper presented at APA symposium 1973 Box 3, Folder 3 "Effective Plans for Self-Control in Children" 1976 and 1978 Box 3, Folder 4 "George Kelly's Anticipation of Psychology: A Personal Tribute" Box 3, Folder 5 "Language and Social Cognition: Verbal Communicators are Trait Theorists" Box 3, Folder 6 "The Nature and Consistency of Self-Control" Box 3, Folder 7 "On the Predictability and Structure of Behavior" Box 3, Folder 8 Personality and Assessment, chapter 5 – draft Box 3, Folder 9 Personality and Assessment, chapter 6 – draft Box 3, Folder 10 Personality and Assessment – reviews and correspondence re, 1968-69 Box 3, Folder 11 "Prototypes in Person Perception" Box 3, Folder 12 "Prototypicality and Personality: Effects on Free Recall and Personality Impressions" Box 3, Folder 13 "On the Role of Ideation in Voluntary Delay for Symbolically-Presented Rewards" Box 3, Folder 14 "Social Competence and Depression: The Role of Illusory Self-Perceptions" Box 3, Folder 15 "Specificity Theory and the Construction of Personality," based on APA address, 1971 Box 3, Folder 16 Mischel, Harriet, "Trust and Delay of Gratification," Ph.D. thesis, Radcliffe, 1963 (2 typescript copies) Box 3, Folder 17 [loose and stray pages of articles, figures, etc.] Box 3 one reprint Box 3 items to compare to existing copies in boxes 1-2 Box 4, Folder 1 "An argument for the existence of a relationship between activity preferences and change in social behavior" – outline, illustrations, charts Box 4, Folder 2 "Chapter 19 Social Influence" Box 4, Folder 3 "Chapter 20 Social Cognition and Interaction" Box 4, Folder 4 "A Cognitive Social Learning Approach to Assessment"

Guide to the Walter Mischel SC0307 3 Papers ACCN 1984-014Papers

Box 4, Folder 5 "Further Studies on Symbolic Reward Presentation," 5/16/73 Box 4, Folder 6 "Predicting Achievement Behavior" – possible notes or corrections Box 4, Folder 7 "The Role of Cues in Plans for Children's Self-Control," 1976 Box 4, Folder 8 "III Self-Encoding" Box 4, Folder 9 "Self-Regulatory Processes" 1979-80: grant proposal Box 4, Folder 10 "Studying Desegregation: A Cognitive Social Learning View" 1982 Box 4, Folder 11 "Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Personality and Behavior Organization" 1982 Box 4 items to compare to existing copies in boxes 1-2 [comprises nearly half of this box 4] Note 1. [Subsequent boxes have not yet been listed (as of 8/9/05) but are also labeled as containing articles and speeches.]

ACCN 1984-018

Audio tapes (reels) Note 1. [The following 16 tapes appear to have been first used for 1958-60 talks by other people but were reused to record Mischel's talks in 1972; most of the labeling on the edge reflects the earlier usage.]

Box 1 [Berman 4/30/59 and 5/8/59;] Personality – W. Mischel, 5/15/72 Box 1 [Berman, 6/9/59;] Personality – W. Mischel, 4/5/72 Box 1 [Harrison 6/1/59;] Mischel 5/8/72 Box 1 Mischel, Psych 134, 5/22/72 [also labeled Bergin 1958] Box 1 [Harrison 1959;] Personality, Mischel, 5/3/72 Box 1 Blank tape [labeled Bergin-Sherman 1959] Box 1 Bergin July 1958 (side 2); Mischel 5/17/72 Box 1 Personality, W. Mischel, 5/24/72 Box 1 Personality, W. Michel, n.d. Box 1 Personality, W. Michel, 4/26/72 Box 1 Personality, W. Michel, 4/3/72 Box 1 Personality, W. Michel, n.d. Box 1 Personality, W. Michel, n.d. Box 1 Walter's lecture, side 1, May 7, 1971 Box 1 Side 1, May 10 Box 1 26081 Other tapes, also reels; speaker is presumed to be Walter Mischel, except where noted: Box 1 Dr. Lewis Goldberg on The Uses of Traits: a Defense. UC Santa Barbara, Nov. 21, 1972 Box 1 Eliot Aronson, May 21, 1971 Box 1 Side 1, April 16, 1971 Box 1 Side 1: April 12, 1971 (Little Hans) tape broke for last 10-15 min. Box 1 Unlabeled tape Box 1 May 17, 1971 Side 1 Box 1 Existing label blacked out; no new information Box 1 Unlabeled tape, but with faint marking on front "5-24 probably" Box 1 April 26, 1971 – side 1 Box 1 April 30, 1971, Side 1 (Kelly) Transcripts of Mischel's taped lectures on personality Box 1, Folder 1 Lecture 4/26/71 (normal and abnormal personality) Box 1, Folder 2 Lecture 4/30/71 (George Kelly's theory on personal constructs) Box 1, Folder 3 Lecture 5/7/71 (conclusion on George Kelly) Box 1, Folder 4 Lecture 5/10/71 (psychotic behavior) Box 1, Folder 5 Lecture 5/14/71 (schizophrenic reactions) Box 1, Folder 6 Lecture 5/17/71 (schizophrenic reactions) Box 1, Folder 7 Lecture by Eliot Aronson 5/21/71 (encounter groups)

Guide to the Walter Mischel SC0307 4 Papers ACCN 1984-018

Box 1, Folder 8 Lecture 5/24/71 (response to Aronson and treatment from a behavioral point of view Box 1, Folder 9 Lecture 5/28/71 (behavioral treatment options) Box 2, Folder 1 "Attention in Delay of Gratification," ca. 1970 Box 2, Folder 2 "Cognition in Self-Imposed Delay of Gratification" Box 2, Folder 3 "Cognitive Appraisals and Transformations in Self-Control" Box 2, Folder 4 "Determinants of Selective Memory about the Self," 1974 Box 2, Folder 5 "Direct versus Indirect Personality Assessment: Evidence and Implications," 1972 Box 2, Folder 6 "Effects of Attention to Symbolically-presented Rewards upon Self-control" Box 2, Folder 7 "Effects of Expected Delay Time on the Subjective Value of Rewards and Punishments," ca. 1969 Box 2, Folder 8 "Effects of Purpose on the Organization and Recall of Information in Person Perception," 1974 Box 2, Folder 9 "Effects of Success and Failure on Self-Gratification" Box 2, Folder 10 "The Layman's Use of Trait and Behavioral Information to Predict Behavior," 1974 Box 2, Folder 11 "The Role of Knowledge and Ideation in the Development of Delay Capacity," 1982 Box 2, Folder 12 "Selective Attention to the Self: Situational and Dispositional Determinants" Box 2, Folder 13 "Self-Control and the Self," 1975 Box 2, Folder 14 "Sex typing and Socialization" draft for a chapter in Mussen (ed.), Manual of Child Psychology, 1968 Box 2, Folder 15 Stanford University, Dept. of Psychology, miscellaneous memos Box 2, Folder 16 Grant: Psychology-Personality and Psychopathology, 1978-81 Box 2, Folder 17 Grant: Psychology-Personality and Psychopathology, 1975-77 Box 2, Folder 18 Grant: Psychology-Personality and Psychopathology, 1974 Box 2, Folder 19 Grant: Psychology-Personality and Psychopathology, 1972-73 Box 2, Folder 20 Grant: Psychology-Personality and Psychopathology, 1966-71 Box 2, Folder 21 Chapter 5, Utility Box 2, Folder 22 Chapter 6, Principles of Social Behavior Box 2, Folder 23 Chapter 7, Behavior Change Box 2, Folder 24 Chapter 8, Assessment for Behavior Change Box 2, Folder 25 Chapter 9, Behavioral Stability and Prediction Box 2, Folder 26 References (for Personality and Assessment?) Box 2 Item to compare to Box 3 in earlier accession Box 2 Galleys for Personality and Assessment

Guide to the Walter Mischel SC0307 5 Papers