Culture and Personality - sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, and behavioral ecology

7 important questions on Culture and Personality - sociobiology, evolutionary psychology, and behavioral ecology

Where did the culture and personality school brached off?

The culture and  Personality school branched off from historical particularism (and shares with historical particularism the idea that each culture has unique traits).

What is the core idea of the culture and personality school?

Its core idea is that culture (through child rearing and toddling) has a similar impact on all members of a society and therefore lead to a certain personality that is dominant in society.

Where does the culture and  Personality school stand in the nature nurture debate?


In the nature nurture debate, the Culture and personality paradigm leans heavily towards nurture.
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What was a critique on Benedict?

She ignored aspects of culture that did nto fit her cultural configuration model such as drunkeness

the fact that she did not really explain how this cultural configuration functions

little room for agency

What is cultural configuration?

unique patern which determines the fundamental personality characteristics of it's members


- Idea of “Cultural Patterns” (or configurations) which privilege particular

psychological types. These are illustrated by the ways in which different cultures standardize particular forms of behavior at the expense of others (e.g. bravery, respect for authority, etc.)

Cultural types: dionysian

Dionysian = transgressive/excessive/passionate

Cultural tyoes: appolian

bounded/self-contained/rational

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