Chapter 17 | PSYC 361 - Psychology of Personality, Quizzes of Personality Psychology

Download Chapter 17 | PSYC 361 - Psychology of Personality and more Quizzes Personality Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 cultural personality psychology DEFINITION 1 1)discover the principles underlying theculturaldiversity2) to discover how human psychology shapes culture3) discover how cultural understandings, in turn, shape our psychology TERM 2 cultural variants DEFINITION 2 the personality attributes that vary from group to group TERM 3 evoked culture DEFINITION 3 cultural differences created by differing environmental conditions activating a predictable set of responses1) universal underlying mechanism2) environmental differences in the degree to which the underlying mechanism is activated TERM 4 high variance conditions DEFINITION 4 tremendous benefits to sharingthe degree of egalitarianism is closely correlated with the variance in food supply TERM 5 evoked mating strategies DEFINITION 5 harsh, rejecting, and inconsistent child rearing practices, erratically provided resources and marital discord foster in children a personality of impulsivity and a mating strategy marked by early reproductionsensitive, supportive, and responsive child rearing combined with reliable resources and spousal harmony foster in children a personality of conscientiousness and a mating strategy of commitment marked by delayed reproduction and stable marriage TERM 6 transmitted culture DEFINITION 6 consists of ideas, values, attitudes, and beliefs that exist originally in at least one person's mind that are transmitted tootherpeople's minds through interaction with the original person TERM 7 interdependence (collectivism) DEFINITION 7 how you are affiliated with, attached to, or engaged in the larger group of which you are a membernon western - japan and china TERM 8 independence (individualism) DEFINITION 8 how you differentiate yourself from thelargergroup.includesyour unique abilities, your personal internal motives and personality dispositions and the ways in which you separate yourself from the larger groupwestern cultures TERM 9 acculturation DEFINITION 9 adapting to the ways of life in one's new culture TERM 10 holistically DEFINITION 10 attention to relationships, context, and the links between the focal object and the field as a wholejapanese