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why study culter in personality class?
external influence help shape who we are, ,waht makes us unique, behaviors and customs we learn from cultures
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contributions from cultural anthropology (Mead)
studied samoan adolescents, less stressful kids than US, they have smooth transition into adulthood
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Whiting and whiting (anthropological contributions)
studied child rearing, mexican and filipino, less alturistic more competitive
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Lewin and political culture
demonstrated that cultural issues can and should be studied, even in rigorousl controlled lab research
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two approaches to studying culture
emic, etic
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etic
cross cultural, focused on generalities, applies assessment from outside into group
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emic
culture specific, focuse on single culture, develops assessments within group
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individualistic
typical of western societies, strive to be individual
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collectivist
easter, focus on relatedness, focus on group
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rase as a flawed approach to grouping people
overgeneralization
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Influence of race in the US
american dillemna "all men are created equal", yet slaves constituted for 3/5's a person
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SES gradient
higher ses lower risk for disease and premature death
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SES on personality are _______ well documented
NOT
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Language and identity
defining feature of identity
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idiolect
each's own unique version of native language
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dialect
regional variants and cultural characteristics
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Language and thought
linguistic relativity, people who use a lot of active verbs more field dependent
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culture free tests
culture free intelligence, matrices, geometric figures, not dependent on cultures
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Culture fair tests
rule out effects that result from culture rather than ind.
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stereotype threat
other's judgments will negatively stereotype them (sat identity)
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incorporating culture into personality theory
culture shold be incorporated it influences our goals cognition, health and behavior, and the theories we create
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the nature of self
independent vs cooperative
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