Influence of National Cultures on Personality in the Light...

Oskar and Jack Yufe, born in 1934 in Trinidad and parted at six months old, were raised in different countries and cultures by their separated parents. Their father was Jewish, their mother German Catholic. Jack, a white Jew, was brought up by his father among blacks in Trinidad and later became an officer in the Israeli Navy. Oskar was raised Catholic by his mother and grandmother in Switzerland, heavily influenced by the Nazi regime. Meeting for the first time at twenty-one, they found each other’s political and religious views intolerable. Brought back together again in 1970s by Professor Bouchard of the University of Minnesota, the two are still struggling with the ideological and ethnic circumstances that have defined their†¦show more content†¦Furthermore, they correlate with low power distance. Openness to experience was correlated with high masculinity and low power distance. In cultures of high masculinity, people tend to overrate their own performance, and l ow power distance stimulates independent exploration. Agreeableness correlates with low uncertainty avoidance, so in cultures with higher tolerance, people score themselves as more agreeable. Everyone has her or his unique personality, history, and interest. Yet all people share a common human nature, which is intensely social: we are group animals. We use language and empathy, and practice collaboration and intergroup competition. But the unwritten rules of how we do these things differ from one human group to another. Culture is how we call these unwritten rules, moral standards about how to be a good member of the group, defining the group as a â€Å"moral circle†. This applies to groups based on national, religious, or ethnic boundaries, but also on occupation or academic discipline, on club membership, adored idol, or dress style. 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