PSY321H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Convergent Validity, Social Comparison Theory, Emic And Etic

34 views11 pages
13 May 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor

Document Summary

The five-factor model: culture-specific personalities, culture & the self. Independent and interdependent self-construal theory: culture, self-esteem, self-enhancement, and attribution styles. What is personality: a set of relatively enduring behavioural and cognitive characteristics, traits and predispositions. So personality is relatively stable according to this definition. Researchers say that personality doesn"t change much after adolescence. Take them with you into different situations, contexts, and interactions with others: contribute to individual differences among individuals. So, personality is what makes us different from each other: american psychology (western, a fundamental or core personality exists and is relatively stable across different contexts, situations and time. So, it doesn"t change because of social situations and it becomes crystallized according to american culture: but in other cultures, stable traits are less important than situational or contextual variations. More emphasis on the situations which determine how the person behaves. Trait (one of the ways of conceptualizing personality: a characteristic or quality distinguishing a person.

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers
Class+
$8 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
30 Verified Answers

Related Documents