Piggybacking on Claudia's suggestion, and again, not exactly personality, but what about attachment? Might you be able to do something regarding attachment styles (that could be observed)? Just a thought. Carol
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Claudia Stanny <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not exactly personality, but it might be fun to do some data collection to > determine the age of earliest autobiographical memory. Given the range of > countries you will visit, this might be a good opportunity to look at > cultural differences. There is a literature on the cultural/personality > explanations for differences in the earliest memories (as early as 3 or 4 > years in Western cultures with strong emphasis on the individual and as late > as 8 or 9 years in Eastern cultures that have a more collectivist focus). > This could also be connected with child rearing practices and the manner in > which parents interact with their children. (There is a small literature on > this aspect of early parent/child interactions, the nature of conversational > narratives about the past, and the onset of autobiographical memory.) > > What an adventure you will have! Will you really visit all of these places > in one semester? > > > Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. > Director > Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment > Associate Professor > School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences > University of West Florida > 11000 University Parkway > Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 > > Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 > > [email protected] > > CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ > Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=8117 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-8117-177920.a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 563-333-6482 This e-mail might be confidential, so please don't share it. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8118 or send a blank email to leave-8118-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
