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Sex Differences in Maasai Cognition of Personality and Social Identity
Author(s) -
Burton Michael,
Kirk Lorraine
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1979.81.4.02a00050
Subject(s) - maasai , personality , identity (music) , psychology , perception , cognition , social psychology , social cognitive theory , social identity theory , sociology , developmental psychology , social group , ethnology , art , aesthetics , neuroscience , tanzania
Maasai women and men are compared with respect to their classifications of personality descriptors modifying social identity terms. Substantial sex differences are found and are interpreted in terms of Maasai culture and social organization. These findings are integrated with a theory of cognitive variability based on notions of markedness. [psychological anthropology, personality, sex differences, perception, Maasai]