American Ethnologist · 1977 · 30 citations · 9 references
Social PsychologyIndividual DifferencesEducationMaasai EthnographyTrait TheoryMaasai Personality DescriptorsPsychologySocial SciencesDevelopmental PsychologySex ContrastsContextual ShiftsPersonal IdentityPersonality DevelopmentSocial IdentityBehavioral SciencesApplied Social PsychologySocial CharacteristicSocial CognitionCulturePersonality PsychologySocial BehaviorPersonality Perception
This paper deals with the dynamics of personality perception in an age‐graded social system. Utilizing marking theory, tests of judged similarities, multidimensional scaling, and Maasai ethnography, we examine differential patterns of personality trait organization across age and sex contrasts.
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