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Cultural dyes: Cultural norms color person perception

Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022
People from different cultures may perceive the same behavior in contrasting ways, thereby reaching very different conclusions. We argue that cultural norms not only guide our own behaviors but also color the way we perceive others. Here, we overview research on the different cultural norms people may use when judging others.
Namrata Goyal, Jonas De keersmaecker
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Behavioural reaction norms: animal personality meets individual plasticity

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2010
Recent studies in the field of behavioural ecology have revealed intriguing variation in behaviour within single populations. Increasing evidence suggests that individual animals differ in their average level of behaviour displayed across a range of contexts (animal 'personality'), and in their responsiveness to environmental variation (plasticity ...
Dingemanse, N., Kazem, A., Réale, D., Wright, J.   +3 more
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Reconsidering normative interpretations in personality research

European Journal of Personality
A vast body of knowledge on development and correlates of personality dimensions has led to recommendations on policy implications and interventions. However, we argue that there has not been enough attention to the socio-cultural contexts of personality development, resulting in incomplete and potentially harmful interpretations of the data. Although
Theo Klimstra, Kate C. McLean
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The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire: U.S. Normative Data

Psychological Reports, 1991
The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire is a self-report personality inventory measuring three major personality dimensions: Novelty Seeking, Harm Avoidance, and Reward Dependence. Normative data, based on a U.S. national probability sample of 1,019 adults, are presented and the psychometric properties of the questionnaire are discussed.
C R, Cloninger, T R, Przybeck, D M, Svrakic   +2 more
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Modeling Personal and Normative Influences on Behavior

Journal of Consumer Research, 1983
The Fishbein behavioral intention model combines all beliefs about the consequences of an act into a single attitude component. We propose a new model that separates personal and nonnative reasons for engaging in behavior. Two studies permitted multiple tests of the model's validity.
Miniard, Paul W, Cohen, Joel B
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Socialization, Structure of Personal Norms, and Norm Alienation

Acta Sociologica, 1972
In the beginning of the article the concepts of personal norm and norm alienation are analyzed. The personal norm is divided into three structural components: affective, cognitive and behavioral. From an analysis of different norm structures composed of the three components the author defines two distinct types of norm alienation: norm uncertainty and
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Medical Students' Edwards Personal Preference Schedule Norms

Psychological Reports, 1988
Three consecutive classes of freshman medical students completed the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule; results were compared to published norms for male and female college students. 171 male medical students scored significantly lower on the traits of Order, Exhibition, and Dominance and were higher on Affiliation, Succorance, Nurturance, and ...
J A, Thorson, F C, Powell
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Normativity under change

Nursing Ethics, 2015
Background: In modern society, death has become ‘forbidden’ fed by the medical technology to conquer death. The technological paradigm is challenged by a social-liberal political ideology in postmodern Western societies. The question raised in this study was as follows: Which arguments, attitudes, values and paradoxes between modern and postmodern ...
Svanholm, Jette Rolf, Nielsen, Jens Cosedis, Mortensen, Peter Thomas, Christensen, Charlotte Fuglesang, Birkelund, Regner   +4 more
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Biology, Norms, and Personality: A Developmental Perspective

Neuropsychobiology, 1996
The focus concerns psychobiological risk factors in the development of antisocial behavior among male and female subjects. Using longitudinal data, violent and nonviolent criminal offences were studied in relation to childhood vulnerability indicators, norm-breaking behavior in adolescence, and to personality traits and biochemical measures in adult ...
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Australian Norms on Eysenck's Short Personality Test

Psychological Reports, 1996
Eysenck's 1958 12-item test of Neuroticism and Extraversion was applied to a random sample of 262 Australian adults in a telephone survey. Items clustered in the predicted dimensions, with the scales showing a Cronbach alpha of .64 for Neuroticism and .53 for Extraversion.
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