Did you or your subject grow up in a very religious home? A commune? A rural or urban area? How has your family’s ethnicity impacted your or your subject’s personality?

The Effects of Culture on Personality Development
Psychologists who study culture and personality claim that the culture in which we are raised has a big impact on how our personality develops and is expressed.
Choose a concrete example from the life of someone you know well that illustrates this phenomenon. The cultural influences can be ethnic, religious, political, social, and so forth.
In this discussion,
Describe the cultural influence and detail how it has impacted the personality of the individual you are profiling.
Use concepts from the various theories you have studied in this class.
Elements that can be explored in this discussion include:
Was the dominant culture of your childhood or your subject’s childhood individualistic or collective?
Did you or your subject grow up in a very religious home? A commune? A rural or urban area?
How has your family’s ethnicity impacted your or your subject’s personality?
Did your or your subject’s family and culture value education? Did they value it equally for both genders?
How does your or your subject’s gender impact your role in the culture? Did you have any personality traits that were out of synch with the dominant culture of your childhood?
There are many ways to address this discussion forum. Your initial post should be a minimum of 450 words.
References to be used:
Schwefel, S.  Discover yourself: Cultural implications on personality types . https://discoveryourself.com/discover-yourself-cultural-implications-on-personality-types
Xenos, D., & Carlton, A. (Writers), & Lary, B. K.  (2007). Psychology of religion . Promedion Productions.

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