meaning and context: a study of contextual shifts in meaning of Maasai personality descriptors
American EthnologistPublished 1 November 1977
Lorraine Kirk, Michael Burton
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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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