%0 Journal Article
%T Toward a Research Agenda for the Study of Situation Perceptions: A Variance Componential Framework
%A John Rauthmann
%A Ryne Sherman
%J Personality and Social Psychology Review
%@ 1532-7957
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1088868318765600
%X Situation perception represents the fulcrum of a ¡°psychology of situations¡± because situation ratings are ubiquitous. However, no systematic research program exists so far, particularly because two competing traditions have not been integrated: Objectivist views stress situations¡¯ consensually shared meanings (social reality), and subjectivist views idiosyncratic meanings (personal reality). A componential framework can disentangle social from personal reality in situation perceptions: When multiple perceivers (P) rate multiple situations (S) on multiple situation characteristics (C), variance in those ratings can be decomposed according to S ¡Á C, P ¡Á S, and P ¡Á C breakdowns. Six grand questions of situation perception research are spawned from these decompositions: complexity, similarity, assimilation, consensus, uniqueness, and accuracy. Analyses of real data are provided to exemplify our ideas, along with customizable R codes for all methods. A componential framework allows novel and unique insights into different questions surrounding situation perceptions and provides a coherent research agenda
%K situations
%K situation perception
%K variance decomposition
%K Cronbach¡¯s decomposition
%K social relations model
%K generalizability theory
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1088868318765600