Guide to the Walter Mischel Papers SC0307
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Title: Walter Mischel papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0307
Physical Description:
11.25 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1959-1984
Summary: Correspondence, drafts
of articles and chapters, speeches, lectures and teaching materials; audio tapes
(reel-to-reel) of lectures.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Walter Mischel, 1984.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
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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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manuscripts (for publication).
Personality Assessment.
Psychology.
Lectures.
Papers ACCN 1984-014
Language of Material: English.
General note
Missing Title
- Box 1-4 are articles & speeches, primarily in draft form
Box 1, folder 1
"Alternatives in the Pursuit of the Predictability and Consistency of
Persons: Stable Data that Yield Unstable Interpretations," ca. 1983
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 2
"Consistency in Social Behavior" – grant application
1982
Language of Material: English.
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
Language of Material: English.
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
Language of Material: English.
Box 1, folder 10
"Some Facets of Consistency: Replies to Epstein, Funder, and Bem"
1983
Language of Material: English.
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]
Language of Material: English.
Box 1
Assorted Mischel Reprints
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 1
"Beyond Déjà Vu in the Search for Cross-situational Consistency"
Language of Material: English.
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 4-5
"Convergences and Challenges in the Search for the Person," APA address 1983
– drafts August 1983
Language of Material: English.
Box 2, folder 6
"The Facets of Consistency: Replies to Epstein, Funder, and Bem" – drafts
June 1983
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 1
"The Facets of Consistency: Replies to Epstein, Funder, and Bem" –
miscellaneous pages
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 2
Symposium on Interactional Psychology, Sweden 1975 – miscellaneous
information
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 3
Mellstrom, Martin, "General Versus Specific Trait Anxiety Measures in the
Prediction of Fear of Snakes, Heights, and Darkness"
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 4
[loose and stray pages of articles, figures, etc.]
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 5
"A Cognitive Social Learning Approach to Morality and Self-regulation," ca.
1976
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 6
"A Cognitive Social Learning View of Person X Situation Interaction," paper
presented at APA symposium 1973
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 7
"Effective Plans for Self-Control in Children" 1976 and 1978
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 8
"George Kelly's Anticipation of Psychology: A Personal Tribute"
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 9
"Language and Social Cognition: Verbal Communicators are Trait
Theorists"
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 10
"The Nature and Consistency of Self-Control"
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 11
"On the Predictability and Structure of Behavior"
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 12
Personality and Assessment, chapter 5 – draft
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 13
Personality and Assessment, chapter 6 – draft
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 14
Personality and Assessment – reviews and correspondence re,
1968-69
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 15
"Prototypes in Person Perception"
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 16
"Prototypicality and Personality: Effects on Free Recall and Personality
Impressions"
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 17
"On the Role of Ideation in Voluntary Delay for Symbolically-Presented
Rewards"
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 18
"Social Competence and Depression: The Role of Illusory
Self-Perceptions"
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 19
"Specificity Theory and the Construction of Personality," based on APA
address, 1971
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 20
Mischel, Harriet, "Trust and Delay of Gratification," Ph.D. thesis,
Radcliffe, 1963 (2 typescript copies)
Language of Material: English.
Box 3, folder 21
[loose and stray pages of articles, figures, etc.]
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 1
"A Prototype Analysis of Psychological Situtations"
1982
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 2
"Social Knowledge: Structure, Content, Use and Abuse," Draft
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 3
"Beyond Déjà Vu in the Search for Cross-situational Consistency"
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 4
"An argument for the existence of a relationship between activity preferences
and change in social behavior" – outline, illustrations, charts
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 5
"Chapter 19 Social Influence"
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 6
"Chapter 20 Social Cognition and Interaction"
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 7
"A Cognitive Social Learning Approach to Assessment"
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 8
"Further Studies on Symbolic Reward Presentation," 5/16/73
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 9
"Predicting Achievement Behavior" – possible notes or corrections
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 10
"The Role of Cues in Plans for Children's Self-Control," 1976
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 11
"III Self-Encoding"
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 12
"Self-Regulatory Processes" 1979-80: grant proposal
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 13
"Studying Desegregation: A Cognitive Social Learning View" 1982
Language of Material: English.
Box 4, folder 14
"Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Personality and Behavior Organization"
1982
Language of Material: English.
Box 5-9
Article and Manuscript Drafts
undated
Language of Material: English.
Box 10
Psychology Department Correspondence
Language of Material: English.
Addenda, 1984-018 ARCH-1984-018
Language of Material: English.
Audio tapes (reels)
General note
Missing Title
- [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 11
[Berman 4/30/59 and 5/8/59;] Personality – W. Mischel, 5/15/72
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
[Berman, 6/9/59;] Personality – W. Mischel, 4/5/72
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
[Harrison 6/1/59;] Mischel 5/8/72
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Mischel, Psych 134, 5/22/72 [also labeled Bergin 1958]
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
[Harrison 1959;] Personality, Mischel, 5/3/72
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Blank tape [labeled Bergin-Sherman 1959]
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Bergin July 1958 (side 2); Mischel 5/17/72
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Personality, W. Mischel, 5/24/72
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Personality, W. Michel, n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Personality, W. Michel, 4/26/72
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Personality, W. Michel, 4/3/72
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Personality, W. Michel, n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Personality, W. Michel, n.d.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Walter's lecture, side 1, May 7, 1971
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Side 1, May 10
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
26081
Language of Material: English.
Other tapes, also reels; speaker is presumed to be Walter Mischel, except
where noted:
Box 11
Dr. Lewis Goldberg on The Uses of Traits: a Defense. UC Santa Barbara, Nov.
21, 1972
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Eliot Aronson, May 21, 1971
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Side 1, April 16, 1971
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Side 1: April 12, 1971 (Little Hans) tape broke for last 10-15
min.
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Unlabeled tape
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
May 17, 1971 Side 1
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Existing label blacked out; no new information
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
Unlabeled tape, but with faint marking on front "5-24 probably"
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
April 26, 1971 – side 1
Language of Material: English.
Box 11
April 30, 1971, Side 1 (Kelly)
Language of Material: English.
Transcripts of Mischel's taped lectures on personality
Box 11, folder 1
Lecture 4/26/71 (normal and abnormal personality)
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 2
Lecture 4/30/71 (George Kelly's theory on personal constructs)
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 3
Lecture 5/7/71 (conclusion on George Kelly)
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 4
Lecture 5/10/71 (psychotic behavior)
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 5
Lecture 5/14/71 (schizophrenic reactions)
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 6
Lecture 5/17/71 (schizophrenic reactions)
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 7
Lecture by Eliot Aronson 5/21/71 (encounter groups)
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 8
Lecture 5/24/71 (response to Aronson and treatment from a behavioral point
of view
Language of Material: English.
Box 11, folder 9
Lecture 5/28/71 (behavioral treatment options)
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 1
"Attention in Delay of Gratification," ca. 1970
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 2
"Cognition in Self-Imposed Delay of Gratification"
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 3
"Cognitive Appraisals and Transformations in Self-Control"
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 4
"Determinants of Selective Memory about the Self," 1974
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 5
"Direct versus Indirect Personality Assessment: Evidence and Implications,"
1972
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 6
"Effects of Attention to Symbolically-presented Rewards upon
Self-control"
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 7
"Effects of Expected Delay Time on the Subjective Value of Rewards and
Punishments," ca. 1969
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 8
"Effects of Purpose on the Organization and Recall of Information in Person
Perception," 1974
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 9
"Effects of Success and Failure on Self-Gratification"
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 10
"The Layman's Use of Trait and Behavioral Information to Predict Behavior,"
1974
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 11
"The Role of Knowledge and Ideation in the Development of Delay Capacity,"
1982
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 12
"Selective Attention to the Self: Situational and Dispositional
Determinants"
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 13
"Self-Control and the Self," 1975
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 14
"Sex typing and Socialization" draft for a chapter in Mussen (ed.), Manual
of Child Psychology, 1968
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 15
Stanford University, Dept. of Psychology, miscellaneous memos
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 16
Grant: Psychology-Personality and Psychopathology, 1978-81
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 17
Grant: Psychology-Personality and Psychopathology, 1975-77
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 18
Grant: Psychology-Personality and Psychopathology, 1974
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 19
Grant: Psychology-Personality and Psychopathology, 1972-73
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 20
Grant: Psychology-Personality and Psychopathology, 1966-71
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 21
Chapter 5, Utility
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 22
Chapter 6, Principles of Social Behavior
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 23
Chapter 7, Behavior Change
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 24
Chapter 8, Assessment for Behavior Change
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 25
Chapter 9, Behavioral Stability and Prediction
Language of Material: English.
Box 12, folder 26
References (for Personality and Assessment?)
Language of Material: English.
Box 12
Item to compare to Box 3 in earlier accession
Language of Material: English.
Box 12
Galleys for Personality and Assessment
Language of Material: English.
Addenda, 1985-020 ARCH-1985-020
Language of Material: English.
Box 13
"Readings in Personality"
Language of Material: English.
