PSY 235 Lecture Notes - An American Dilemma, Cultural Anthropology, Emic And Etic
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No man is an island : we are influenced by, family, peer, social institutions, cultural traditions, social class. Individuals are best understood in the context o their cultures: individual versus group effects. Two approaches to studying culture: etic, cross cultural, focused on generalities across cultures, apply measures/ assessments from outside of the culture to that group, emic, culture specific, focuses on a single culture, develops assessments within the group. Individualistic: typical of western societies, strive to distinguish self as individual, focus on the individual, collectivist, typically eastern, focus on the fundamental relatedness of all individuals, focus on the group. History and research on personality and culture: contributions from cultural anthropology, margret mead (1920"s) Concluded that adolescence was not stressful in samoa as it was in the u. s: whiting and whiting (1970"s) Found a relation between adult personality and child rearing experiences: cultural background of personality . We share many principles with people from the same culture.
