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Roles Act Faster Than Personality

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An assigned social role can change a person's behavior within hours, faster than any change in their personality could account for.

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A new supervisor's manner shifts on the first day of the promotion.

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This speed is why role assignment is studied as a situational variable rather than as a expression of character.

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