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Culture And Personality

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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CULTURE AND PERSONALITY

PRESENTED BY THERESE KENNELLY-OKRAKU

PREVIOUS EMPHASIS ON CULTURAL PATTERNS

BUT BOAS ARGUES THE STUDY OF MAN'S "MENTAL LIFE" IS ALSO IMPORTANT
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BLENDING TOGETHER

BOAS + FREUD (PSYCHOANALYSIS) =FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL
Examined how humans acquired culture culture relationship to individual personality
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EMPHASIS ON EMIC

HOW LOCAL PEOPLE CONCEPTUALIZE THEIR CULTURE AND SELVES
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CENTRAL PROBLEM

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HOW DO HUMANS ACQUIRE CULTURE AND WHAT

IS CULTURE'S RELATIONSHIP TO INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY?

THREE THEMES

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MARGARET MEAD

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE AND HUMAN NATURE

CULTURE DETERMINES INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR

ATTEMPT AT SEPARATING BIOLOGICAL FROM CULTURAL FACTORS

PHOTOGRAPHY

AS MEAD'S RESPONSE TO CRITICS
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEPARATE BIOLOGICAL AND

CULTURAL FACTORS OF INDIVIDUALS OR CULTURES?
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INFORMANT REPRESENTATIVITY AND SAMPLING

HOW MANY INFORMANTS ARE NECESSARY TO GENERALIZE?
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RUTH BENEDICT

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE AND INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITY
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CULTURAL CONFIGURATION

EACH CULTURE HAS A UNIQUE PATTERN OF PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS

IF CULTURe DETERMINES PERSONALITY,

WHY ARE THERE VARIATIONS?
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DEVIANCY AS A PRODUCT OF CULTURE?

HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND
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DUBOIS AND KARDINER

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURE AND SOCIETY'S TYPICAL PERSONALITY TYPE
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BASIC PERSONALITY STRUCTURE

A COLLECTION OF TRAITS SHARED BY NORMAL MEMBERS OF SOCIETY
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BEHAVIOR AS REACTIONARY - FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY

SET DURING EARLY CHILDHOOD (TOLIET TRAINING, WEANING, ETC)

MAGICO-RELIGIOUS PRACTICES SATISFY PERSONALITY

NEEDS VIA PROJECTION (FREUDIAN DEFENSE MECHANISM)
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THESE THEORIES DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR

PERSONALITY VARIATIONS IN EVERY SOCIETY

MODAL PERSONALITY

MOST COMMON PERSONALITY TYPE - DUBOIS' WAY OF ALLOWING FOR VARIATION
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ERIKSON'S ORGAN MODES

THEORY THAT CHILDREN PROGRESS THROUGH ORAL, ANAL, AND GENITAL STAGES
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PRIMARY VS SECONDARY

INSTITUTIONS
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FREUD'S BASIC POINTS

  • Emphasis on individual and family
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Inward turning
  • Totem and Taboo (1913)
  • Cultural differences superficial
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GEZA ROHEIM

"YOU ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, BUT I FORGIVE YOU" REPRESSIONS OF OEDIPUS COMPLEX PARALLEL NATIONALISM
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DEVIANTS

OCCUR IN EVERY CULTURE, DIFFERENCE INEVITABLE

JOHN WHITING

MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS
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BELIEF IN HARSH SPIRITS =HARSH PARENTING

AKAN EXAMPLES
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