Title: Personality and Culture (sample research paper)
Headings: Personality and Culture: Individualism Versus Collectivism
Personality and Culture: Individualism Versus Collectivism
RUNNING HEAD: Personality and Culture
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Content: Personality and Culture (sample research paper)
Personality and Culture: Individualism Versus Collectivism
RUNNING HEAD: Personality and Culture
ABSTRACT
Personality and culture are inherently intertwined in ways that are as yet poorly understood, but at the same time the national culture of an individual does not determine everything about the individuals personality. One way this can be observed is the individualism versus collectivism framework, which describes a cultural predisposition to individualism or collectivism. The application of personality theories to this issue can help to determine the application of culture to personality in this respect. Individualism versus collectivism is one of the basic differences that have been described in varying national cultures. The individualism-collectivism framework, which describes factors such as how a culture views personal traits like independence, personal achievement, group, team and familial connections, egalitarian relationships and role flexibility, personal ownership of private property and the concept of personal space, and the human separation from the natural world, is often used to describe personality traits and differences between individuals of varying cultures (Hofstede, 2001). However, the connection between the individualism-collectivism framework and personality cannot be considered to be a simple connection; as noted by McCrae and Allik, this framework is often used to describe individual personality differences that are not in fact persistent across cultures, and may not be as uniform as the individualism-collectivism model would indicate. In short, personality may be influenced by the cultural factors at work, but there is no guarantee that the personality traits described by the individualism-collectivism framework will only, or even primarily, be influenced by cultural aspects.