PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Agreeableness, Phlegm, Surface 3

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Steve Joordens

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Another question addressed was whether trait averages differ among cultures: researchers found numerous cross cultural differences in average personality ratings, i. e. people from serbia and croatia tend to be more extraverted, whereas the most introverted people came from bangladesh and france, people from chile and belgium were the most open, while people from. Presence of universal, genetically based personality dimensions across different cultures suggests personality evolved to promote survival and reproductive success: i. e. some evolutionary psychologists suggest neuroticism important when dealing with competition for mates, people who are neurotic are more likely to be jealous thus jealousy is a trait that evolved for guarding mates. Both personality types rooted strongly in genetics; which of two is more adaptive depends on what kind of year the birds are having: i. e. if limited resources, aggressive birds more reproductively successful; plentiful resources, timid birds have greater success possibly because aggressive birds are less responsive to external stimuli like predators.