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Roadmap

What is culture and why study it?

How do culture differ?

Do the Big Five exist in other countries?

Multiculturalism

Challenges & Future Directions


Challenges

Ethnocentrism Exaggerating Differences


Challenges

Ethnocentrism:
Judging another culture from the point of view of your own
Challenges Divisions of Culture are somewhat arbitrary
Implies all people of the same country are the same

“Canadians are hardy” …but some are total babies

Reason 1: Trying to find differences

Reason 2: Poor statistical validity (Effect size!)


Exaggerating Differences
Reason 3: Outgroup Homogeneity Bias
People perceive more individual differences within their own culture,
and everyone else looks the same

What is a Californian like?


Future Directions

Personality Culture

Within Culture Changes Causal Flow


Future Directions Culture isn’t unchanged

Increasing Individualism

Within Culture Changes


Increasing Extraversion
(Western University Students)

Corporate Culture Consultant


Future Directions
Essentially no research
(It would be really really hard)

Personality Culture Personality Culture


Causal Flow people have impact

Micro-level Macro-level

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