PSYC14H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ingroups And Outgroups
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The american pattern of emphasis on personal characteristics has emerged in many other western cultures, such as those of australia and britain. Americans focused more on how their performance reflected their own personal characteristics. Kitayama referred to this self- contained model characteristics. Some cultures encourage people to focus on their enduring inner attributes, such as personality traits, attitudes, or abilities, understand themselves. Individual does not overlap with any of the borders surrounding its significant relationships. They are largely distinct identity from their relationship. People with independent selves have a number of close relationships with members of their ingroup, those relationships are less self-defining than relationships of those with more. Masai and samburu pattern of a greater emphasis on roles and memberships appears in cultures from much of the rest of the world for example, among cook. Japanese focused more on how their performance was guided by the expectations of others.
