PSY230H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Personality Psychology, Individualism, Assortative Mating

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Motives and values are psychological causes of behaviour (eg. voting) Hence, individual differences in motives and values are an important topic for personality psychology. Others have postulated lists of fundamental human motives. All items on the list may be essential for many people. Cultures and individuals differ in the relative importance of items on the list. Schwartz (1994) demonstrated cultural differences in values across 24 nations. Openness to change, r= 0. 56: replication of big 5 studies. Self-enhancement, r= -0. 31: no clear pattern for agreeableness. Conclusion: modern, individualistic cultures like canada promote openness. Data are freely available on the web. Survival: well-being is highly correlated with individualism and wealth (r=0. 64: self-expression becomes more important when survival needs are fulfilled. Tradition: secular rational is only weakly related to individualism and wealth (r=0. 27) Method: assessment of schwatz"s 10 values with the pairwise. To simplify matters, the following analyses are based on the two major dimensions underlying value preferences.

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