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    The purpose of this article was to determine whether or not the Big Five personality traits were really universal. Researchers believed that previous tests on the universality of the Big Five personality traits have been done primarily on literate, urban populations. The results of this study provide significant evidence that the BFI traits do not apply to all cultures and may only apply to WEIRD populations.

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    The purpose of this article was to determine whether or not the Big Five personality traits were really universal. Researchers believed that previous tests on the universality of the Big Five personality traits have been done primarily on literate, urban populations. The results of this study provide significant evidence that the BFI traits do not apply to all cultures and may only apply to WEIRD populations.

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    The purpose of this article was to determine whether or not the Big Five personality traits were really universal. Researchers believed that previous tests on the universality of the Big Five personality traits have been done primarily on literate, urban populations. The results of this study provide significant evidence that the BFI traits do not apply to all cultures and may only apply to WEIRD populations.

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    SruthiRamesh

    November25th,2014

    ResearchArticle2Personality
    Summary:
    Essentially,thepurposeofthisarticlewastodeterminewhetherornottheBigFive
    PersonalityTraitswerereallyuniversal.Theresearchersinvolvedbelievedthatprevioustestson
    theuniversalityoftheBigFivePersonalityTraitshavebeendoneprimarilyonliterate,urban
    populations,whicharenotrepresentativeofthemajorityofhumanevolutionaryhistory.The
    experimentdescribedinthisarticleinvolved632Tsimaneadultsfrom28villageswhowere
    askedtofilloutaBigFivepersonalitytraitquestionnaire(BFI)translatedintotheirnative
    language.Besidesthismaincriteria,theinterviewerswhoadministeredthetestswerealsoasked
    tofilloutaBFIratingthepersontheydjustinterviewed.Thisratingwasusedtomeasure
    externalvalidityoftheresults.Inaddition,thespousesofthepeopleinterviewedwereaskedto
    ratetheirspousesusingtheBFI,tocomparetheresultsoftheactualBFIandtheinterviewers
    BFI.ThesamepeoplewerealsoaskedtoretaketheBFIafterayeartotestthestabilityofthe
    results.Severalmeasuresweretakentoreducetheeffectsofsocietalpressures,acquaintance
    bias,etc.Onthewholehowever,theinternalreliabilityofthefactorswaslowerthanthestandard
    0.70requiredtoensurereliability,andfluctuatedeasilywithnoobservablepattern.Certaintraits
    likeExtraversionandOpennessshowhigherinternalreliabilityamongmen,theyoungandthe
    educated.OthertraitslikeAgreeablenessandOpennessshowedmoreinternalreliabilityinthe
    restofthepopulation.Overall,theinternalreliabilityofNeuroticismwasconsistentlylow.
    NeuroticismwasnegativelycorrelatedtoalloftheBigFivetraitstheotherfourtraitswere
    positivelycorrelatedtoeachother.

    SruthiRamesh
    November25th,2014

    However,despitethefactthatBigFivetraitswerenotconsistentthroughoutthe
    population,twootherclustersoftraitsthatcutacrossanddrewfromdifferentBigFivetrait
    groupswereconsistent.Thesetwoclusterscanbebroadlyclassifiedasprosocialityand
    industriousness.AlthoughtheseTsimaneBigTwomaynotapplytoallculturalsettingsthey,by
    meansofthisstudy,providesignificantevidencethattheBFItraitsdonotapplytoallcultures
    andmayonlyapplytoWEIRDpopulations.Sincethisstudywasthefirstcomprehensivetestof
    theBFIinasmallscale,indigenoussociety,currentresultsrequirereplicationindifferent
    indigenoussocietytoconfirmanddeveloptheideasputforthinthisstudy.Thisstudyof
    personalityvariationandtypesinsmallscalesocietiescouldshedlightontheselection
    pressuresresponsibleforshapingearlyhumanpersonalitytraitsandtheirstructures.

    Critique:
    Thisideabehindthisarticle
    wasreallyinterestingbecauseessentiallywhatitwassayingwasthatthesepeopleinsmall,
    indigenoussocietiesaresodifferentfromusthattheycantevenbeevaluatedonthesamescale.
    Theideathatpersonalitypsychologyandevolutionarypsychologycouldhavesuchanintimate
    linkthatcanbedemonstratedinaparticulargroup/typeofpeopleisinterestingandexciting.Not
    onlydoesthearticleattributetheinabilitytoreplicatetheBFIinthispopulationtoevolution,but
    alsoitattributesittoculturaldifferences,despitethefactthattheBFIwasreplicatedinover60
    differentcountries.Inmymind,thatideareallymesseswiththenaturevs.nurturedebateandI
    thinkthatifresearchalongthesamelineiscontinued,wemightgetsomeconcreteanswersasto

    SruthiRamesh
    November25th,2014

    whichofthetwohasagreaterinfluence.However,thoughtheactualresearchwasinteresting,
    thearticleitselfwasnot.Itwasverydry,technicalandrequiredalotofeffort.Thearticlealso
    hasatendencytoberepetitive,withoutreallyelaboratingonthethingsitsrepeating.Idont
    thinkIdrecommendthewholearticlefortheclass,butexpertsfromthearticlewoulddefinitely
    bewortharead.IveattachedanarticlebyanAPAwriterthatdiscussesthesignificanceofthe
    articleandthatwoulddefinitelybeagoodreadfortheclass.Onthewhole,theinformationfrom
    thearticlewasreallyinterestingbutdespitethefactthatIputagooddealoftimeintoreadingthe
    article,IdontIcompletelyunderstandsomepartsoftheresearch.

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