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Personality and Culture

Describe how three different perspectives (of the eight perspectives discussed in the text) explain relations between personality and culture. Which theory accounts for cultural influences on personality best? Worst?
Take one element of the theories or ideas presented this week and apply it to a real person - for example, someone from current events, politics, business, sports, the entertainment field. Define the terms you're using, and apply them to an aspect of this person's life (a specific action, behavior, or decision, for example)
I only would need some guidelines along which I would be able to prepare my assignment. I do not find any information on which theory is the best or worse. Textbook: Friedman, H. S., & Schustack, M. W. (2012). Personality: Classic theories and modern research, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

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Relationship between personality and culture

1. There is undisputed relationship between personality and culture.

Guidelines for your paper to consider:

a) Big five personality factors emerge in various cultures- but the questions is the degree of universality . Some perspectives argue that there are specific cultural traits (emic) that need to be considered. ...

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discussion of how culture relates to personality