▁allow ▁them ▁to ▁interact ▁with ▁their ▁environment ▁in ▁a ▁relatively ▁stable ▁manner ). ▁ ▁The ▁authors ▁identified ▁five ▁cogn itive - aff ect ive ▁units : ▁encoding ▁strateg ies , ▁or ▁people ' s ▁individual ized ▁manner ▁of ▁categor izing ▁information ▁from ▁external ▁stim uli ; ▁compet encies ▁and ▁self - reg ul atory ▁strateg ies : ▁intelligence , ▁self - reg ul atory ▁strateg ies , ▁self - form ulated ▁goals , ▁and ▁self - produ ced ▁consequences ; ▁expect an cies ▁and ▁belief s , ▁or ▁people ' s ▁predictions ▁about ▁the ▁consequences ▁of ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁different ▁behavior al ▁possibilities ; ▁goals ▁and ▁values , ▁which ▁provide ▁behavior ▁consist ency ; ▁affect ive ▁responses , ▁including ▁emot ions , ▁feelings , ▁and ▁the ▁affect s ▁accomp any ing ▁phys i ological ▁re actions . ▁ ▁E valu ation ▁The ▁cogn itive - aff ect ive ▁processing ▁system ▁theory ▁attempts ▁to ▁explain ▁seem ingly ▁conflic ting ▁evidence ▁-- ▁person ality ▁remains ▁relatively ▁invariant ▁over ▁time ▁and ▁throughout ▁different ▁social ▁context s , ▁whereas ▁social ▁behav iors ▁vary ▁substantial ly ▁across ▁different ▁situations . ▁The ▁theory ▁integr ates ▁concepts ▁of ▁person ality ▁structure ▁and ▁dynamics , ▁ob vi ating ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁two ▁sub dis cipl ines ▁in ▁person ality ▁psych ology , ▁each ▁with ▁different ▁and ▁sometimes ▁conflic ting ▁goals ▁( i . e . ▁person ality ▁dispos itions ▁or ▁person ality ▁processes ). ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁B ios pher ic ▁model ▁of ▁person ality ▁Hyp ost atic ▁model ▁of ▁person