PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Acculturation, Human Nature, Agreeableness
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Cultural variations within-group and b/w-group differences can be of any sort. Common among americans but is viewed with abhorrence among hindus (ey lmao) Among hindus in india, values and behaviours are shared for the most part but differ from widely shared american attitudes toward beef eating. Discover how cultural understandings in turn shape our psychology. Cultural variants personality attributes that vary from group to group. 2 ingredients necessary to explain cultural variations : Environmental difference in the degree to which the underlying mechanism is activated. Cultural differences created by differing environmental conditions activating a predictable set of responses. Example : people who live near the equator. Exposed to more intense heat than those who live in more northern climates canada. Observation that residents of zaire sweat more than those of canada is an environmentally evoked difference that operates on sweat glands all humans possess. Universal underlying mechanism: sweat glands possessed by all ppl.
