Brandeis University Culture and Personality Studies and Social Structure and Personality Studies Paper

PART ONE 

• There are four models for culture and personality studies, and three models for social structure and personality studies. Identify and critically analyze a specific difference between culture and personality studies and social structure and personality studies.

CULTURE AND PERSONALITY STUDIES

Configuralism

Basic and Modal

National Character Studies

Cross-Cultural Studies

SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND PERSONALITY STUDIES

Materialist

Positionalist

Interactionist

Identify a specific difference between these two theoretical approaches to personality development, and there are many.

Provide a critical analysis of that specific difference that demonstrates you have a basic understanding of the two theoretical approaches and their models.

PART TWO

Which one out of this total of seven models would you use in a research project, and why?

Identify a specific model and provide a reason why you would use it in a research project that demonstrates you have a basic understanding of the model.

PART THREE – 7 points

Which one would you use to learn more about yourself, and why?

Identify a specific model and provide a reason why you would use it to learn about yourself that demonstrates you have a basic understanding of the model.