Title: Influences of Culture and Gender on Personality
Headings: Influences of Culture and Gender on Personality
Influences of Culture and Gender on Personality
Both culture and gender are important factors that influence the development of personality.
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Culture and Personality
Gender and Personality
Influence of gender roles on personality expression
Approaches to Studying Personality in a Cultural Context
Allport's, Cattell's, and Eysenck's Trait Theories of Personality

Content: People who live in individualist cultures tend to value independence, competition, and personal achievement, while people from collectivist cultures tend to value social harmony, respectfulness, and group needs. In much the same manner that cultural norms can influence personality and behavior, gender norms also emphasize different traits between different genders and thereby influence the development of personality. In the U.S., aggression and assertiveness are emphasized as positive traits for males, while submissiveness and caretaking are emphasized for females. There are three approaches that can be used to study personality in a cultural context: the cultural-comparative approach, the indigenous approach, and the combined approach, which incorporates elements of the first two approaches. Terms
culture
The beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life. gender
The socio-cultural phenomenon of the division of people into various categories according to their biological sex, with each having associated roles, clothing, stereotypes, etc.; those with male sex characteristics are perceived as "boys" and "men", while those with female sex characteristics are perceived as "girls" and "women. " trait
An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. norms
That which is regarded as normal or typical;