PSY 236 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pollination Syndrome, Display Rules, Collectivism
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Culture: customs, habits, beliefs, and values that shape thoughts, emotions, behavior, characteristic adaptations, and identity. Doesn"t directly create traits, rather shapes the manner we express trait. How cultures vary (culture variants): power distance: the degree to which lower status & less powerful members of organizations & institutions except & accept inequality & status differences, uncertainty avoidance: a cultures tolerance for ambiguity. Uncertainty-avoiding cultures = stricter, more rules, etc. Uncertainty-accepting cultures = less rules, more opinions, etc. : masculinity/femininity: degree to which culture values assertiveness, achievement, wealth acquisition vs caring for others, social support, quality of life. Masculine cultures = assertive, large gender differences in value, competitive. Feminine cultures = males & females share modest & caring roles, ambiguity about gender roles: individualism/collectivism: the degree to which individuals are integrated into groups (individual autonomy vs group expression) Collectivism: unquestioning loyalty to group, large psychological difference between in-group and out-group . How we see other cultures (sometimes: minimal group effect: in-group favoritism.
