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1. The Socio-Cultural Approachto Personality Warm-Up Reflection
Do you normally understand yourself as an individual or as part of a group? Why?
How do you define your personality in terms of:
Gender
Socio-Economic Status
Culture
2. The Socio-Cultural Approach External forces and their impact on personality
Needed to understand generalities about behavior
Ethnicity, S.E.S., and culture help to form personality
Individualism v. Collectivism
3. Individualism Tend to define selves in terms of personal identity
Personal Goals are a priority
Personality Traits
Occupations
Ex. Western Capitalism fosters individualism
4. Collectivism Defines selves in terms of the groups in which they belong
Priority goes to the group
People are only complete in terms of their social relationships
Ex. Asian cultures are often collectivistic
5. Key Points - Socio-Cultural Approach These factors affect our self-concept (how we believe others see us) as well as our self-esteem (our perceived value) (Carl Rogers)
We get views of ourselves from the media
6. Acculturation Acculturation is the process of adapting to new/different cultures.
Ways to acculturate:
Complete assimilation
Separation
Bi-Cultural
highest self-esteem
7. The Socio-Cultural Approach The Socio-Cultural Approach to Personality gives us a sensitivity and an appreciation of human behavior and mental processes.