PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12.2: Twin, Prefrontal Cortex, Serotonin Transporter
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We have personality stereotypes of people from different countries. We split the world into us vs. them. Weird = western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic. 96% of psych studies are conducted using weird uni students - 12% of the worlds population. Universals and differences across cultures: the big five. The five factor model was based on weird people. Neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. to the whole world. A study carried out by a ton of researchers showed that its applicable. Personality may not be due to culture it may be universal. Another limitation to the five factor model is that the surveys were carried out in english. A study on chinese people using a chinese version found many traits. And found four main traits, three that were similar to five factor model and one, interpersonal relatedness, that was different. This characteristic was related to social harmony, tradition and social relationships.
