PSYC 305 Lecture 9: Ch17 - Culture _ Personality
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Socialized & systemized: personality in context - social interaction; culture & personality; Extraversion: starts off a little more introverted but became increasingly extraverted. Social dominance fostered by her father seen in her. Openness to experience: willing to go to school when others didn"t. Thinking outside the box about culture & gender. Conscientiousness: cares a lot about her education and bettering herself. Neuroticism: low, not getting highly anxious, very stoic. Agreeableness: easy-going, easy to get along with, able to forgive her attackers. Assortive mating: people are married to those who are similar to themselves. Positive correlation between personalities of spouses, due primarily to social preferences. Selecting certain people and selecting certain context. Malala: chose to go to school, giving public interviews, embraced the media. Personality evokes a response from the environment. Not intentionally changing the environment/people ( that"s manipulation) Someone high in neuroticism tends to evoke anxious response from other people.
