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Boston Review - Rachel Glennerster and...

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Updated 9 months ago

McCrae (2004) stated "...trait structure, age and gender differences, and cross-observer agreement are all universal..." (p.3). Earlier, Passini and Norman (1966) were less categorical with a hint at the possibility of a universal conception of personality and Digman and Inouye (1986) noted the possibility that the FFM was not only applicable to "American populations" and to the "English language" (p.116) but also to non-Western cultures such as China, Japan and the Philippines.

The Five-Factor Model across cultures -...

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Updated 9 months ago

The five-factor model (FFM) of personality variation has been replicated across a range of human societies, suggesting the FFM is a human universal. However, most studies of the FFM have been restricted to literate, urban populations, which are uncharacteristic ...

How Universal Is the Big Five? Testing...

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Updated 9 months ago

Back in the 1950s, health professionals became concerned that smoking was causing cancer. Then, in 1952, the popular magazine Reader's Digest published "Cancer by the Carton," an article about the increasing body of evidence that proved it. The article caused widespread shock and media coverage. Today the health dangers of smoking are clear and unambiguous.

The tricks propagandists use to beat...

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Updated a year ago

These materials are offered with the desire to make them available to the widest possible audience. The files are large PDFs with variable download times and variable visual quality. They may be searched using the usual "find" functions in PDF readers. Last updated April 19, 2011.

Gordon Pask PDFs & Other Resources...

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