▁The ▁cogn itive - aff ect ive ▁person ality ▁system ▁or ▁cogn itive - aff ect ive ▁processing ▁system ▁( C AP S ) ▁is ▁a ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁psych ology ▁of ▁person ality ▁proposed ▁by ▁Walter ▁M isch el ▁and ▁Yu ichi ▁Sh oda ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁cogn itive - aff ect ive ▁model , ▁behavior ▁is ▁best ▁predicted ▁from ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁understanding ▁of ▁the ▁person , ▁the ▁situation , ▁and ▁the ▁interaction ▁between ▁person ▁and ▁situation . ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁C ogn itive - aff ect ive ▁the or ists ▁argue ▁that ▁behavior ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁some ▁global ▁person ality ▁trait ; ▁instead , ▁it ▁ar ises ▁from ▁individuals ' ▁per ception s ▁of ▁themselves ▁in ▁a ▁particular ▁situation . ▁However , ▁incons isten cies ▁in ▁behavior ▁are ▁not ▁due ▁sole ly ▁to ▁the ▁situation ; ▁incons istent ▁behav iors ▁reflect ▁stable ▁patterns ▁of ▁variation ▁within ▁the ▁person . ▁These ▁stable ▁variations ▁in ▁behavior ▁present ▁themselves ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁framework : ▁If ▁A , ▁then ▁X ; ▁but ▁if ▁B , ▁then ▁Y . ▁People ' s ▁pattern ▁of ▁vari ability ▁is ▁the ▁behavior al ▁signature ▁of ▁their ▁person ality , ▁or ▁their ▁stable ▁pattern ▁of ▁behav ing ▁differently ▁in ▁various ▁situations . ▁According ▁to ▁this ▁model , ▁person ality ▁depends ▁on ▁situation ▁variables , ▁and ▁consists ▁of ▁cogn itive - aff ect ive ▁units ▁( all ▁those ▁psych ological , ▁social , ▁and ▁phys i ological ▁aspects ▁of ▁people ▁that