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Essay / Importance of Culture on Human Behavior - 1147
For example, personality can help explain why people from the same culture behave differently under the same conditions. According to Carver (2010), “extroverts are less cooperative than introverts when faced with a social dilemma regarding resources” (p. 761). People from collectivist cultures with an interdependent self-construal tend to have more cooperative behaviors, but someone who is extroverted from a collectivist culture may be less cooperative when competing for personal gains compared to other people of collectivist culture. Another example is that people with an interdependent self-construal are more likely to be agreeable than people with an independent self-construal, because people with an interdependent self-construal are motivated to maintain social harmony; therefore, they are more likely to present themselves as agreeable in order to maintain their relationships with others. However, someone who has an interdependent self-construal, but low levels of agreeableness, will not necessarily behave cooperatively or show agreement with others' ideas. When predicting another person's behavior, it is important to keep in mind that individual differences such as personality can also influence a person's behaviors. However, Hofstede and McCrae (2004) found a correlation between personality and cultural values (such as