personality and identity- life cycle Flashcards
psychological anthropology
personality, identity, learning, memory, emotions, sexuality and gender, mental health problems
personality
culturally shaped. individuals patterned and characterizes way of behaving, thinking and feeling. varies in cultural contexts
identity
culturally shaped. persons sense of self and relations
ethnopsychology
study of how various cultures define, create personality, identity and mental health
enculturation
process of transmitting culture to infants and are members of society through informal and formal processes. culture enculturate members into having different personalities and identities
gender
culturally defined and constructed, not inborn. difference in tenderness and neglect lead to different personalities
poverty
shapes personality. produces passive personalities(foster, lewis)
image of limited good
fosters theory. in nonindustrial countries, people have a characteristic worldview of finite resources our wealth such that if someone in the group increases his or her wealth, other people will lose out.
culture
individual patterned way of thinking, behaving and feeling
franz Boas
dream analysis, importance of childhood experiences in shaping personality. the words people use to choose, have a dramatic impact on how they see the world
margaret mead
study of adolescence. nature is subsequent to culture in defining personality, infact care affects personality development and gender personality
ruth benedict
particular cultures produce particular personality types.
greatest diversity
between people within a group or culture not between outsiders/other cultures
person-centred ethnography
individuals psychology and subjective experience she and are shaped by wider culture. what people say about their perceptions/experiences within cultural contexts
