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personality is more than just genes a
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large part of who we are and the
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decisions that we make are influenced by
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the culture that we grew up in so where
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does this influence start think all the
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way back to when you learn manners
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you were probably scolded for engaging
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in behavior that was considered rude in
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your culture conversely you're probably
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encouraged to engage in behaviors that
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are considered to be polite now as you
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were conditioned to engage in more
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polite behaviors you subconsciously
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picked up on patterns that influenced
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how you behave these patterns are highly
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influenced by the values of the culture
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that you grew up in but not all cultures
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hold the same values some cultures tend
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to encourage behaviors that are loud
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boisterous and competitive others
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encourage quiet respectful and more
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humble behaviors depending on the
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culture where you live you probably pick
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up on these values and they have
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definitely influenced your decisions and
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your personality researchers have been
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studying the connections between culture
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and personality for a long time and in
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this video I'm gonna attempt to explain
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two spectrums that researchers have
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created to define cultures the cultures
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place on these spectrums highly
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influences the personality traits and
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the behaviors of the people within that
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culture so culture is not determined by
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borders as you'll see throughout the
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rest of this video people learn lessons
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from cultures that are created from
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people within a certain country
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occupation class gender identity or
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other differences for example just
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because the country you live in has an
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individualist culture does not mean you
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are bound by individualist ideas so keep
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this in mind throughout the rest of the
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video let's get started by talking about
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individual versus collectivist culture
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individualism focuses on the individual
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just as the name implies people living
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in an individualist environment
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prioritize self-improvement of
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themselves and satisfying their own
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needs before the rest of those of their
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community why well individualist
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cultures believe and teach that if
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everyone takes care of themselves then
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the entire group should thrive and then
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become self-sufficient individualist
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cultures put a lot of stress on
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Independence and self-reliance those
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that live in this type of culture tend
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to be very self-sufficient and driven
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workers but are weak or whenever it
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comes to collaboration and teamwork they
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usually struggle handing off
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responsibilities now in general these
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people usually distance themselves
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psychologically and emotionally from one
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another since working with others is
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more of an option than a requirement for
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success in the media we often see
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individualist characteristics associated
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with men people in urban settings and
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the
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culture so what about a collectivist
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cultures people living in a collectivist
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environment are taught to focus on the
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needs of the group before they focus on
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their own individual needs they
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associate their identity to the role and
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function in a larger group these groups
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can include families teams at work or
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the entire nation collectivist societies
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teach people that everyone will benefit
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when they start to look out for one
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another
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harmony and interdependence between
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group members is highly valued among
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people in this type of environment now
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unlike their individualist counterparts
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members of collectivist cultures tend to
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be extremely close to each other
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psychologically and emotionally
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now this can create and us-versus-them
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mindset that separates or looks down
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upon people that are outside of their
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group collectivist characteristics are
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generally associated with women people
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in rural settings and Eastern culture so
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let's look at another spectrum did you
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grow up in an approach or an avoidance
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culture this idea was coined in 1935 to
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help psychologists identify what makes
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some conflicts easy to resolve and
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others difficult to resolve where you
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lie on this spectrum can highly
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influence how you make decisions so what
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is approach versus avoidance humans
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typically want to approach and move
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towards pleasurable things and they
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typically want to avoid and move away
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from negative or painful things it's
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very similar to Freud's pleasure pain
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principle the idea of approach versus
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avoidance was measured when an
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experiment was conducted on rats in 1948
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the rats were exposed to different
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positive and negative stimuli
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researchers then measure the strength of
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their pull towards the stimuli the most
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interesting results from this experiment
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revealed that the closer the rats were
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to the item that they were either
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approaching or avoiding the stronger
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their pool was in either direction now
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this can be applied to humans and how
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they make their decisions and categorize
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conflict but what does it have to do
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with the culture where you grew up with
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because that's kind of the topic of this
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video right the culture helps to teach
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you at a young age what to approach and
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what to avoid culture doesn't teach you
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to avoid physical pain and approach food
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those things are instinctual to all
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humans the things we learn to approach
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and avoid through culture appeal to a
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higher need one example of this is
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something called uncertainty avoidance
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the uncertainty avoidance of a culture
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is a measure of how that culture
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responds - novelty and uncertainty how
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does the culture deal with ambiguity our
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change is welcomed in the nation or does
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the culture approach stable traditional
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rules and customs now in some research I
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found that countries who
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generally score high in neuroticism tend
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to be high in uncertainty avoidance
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those countries usually have a more
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formal system of rules that try to
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minimize cultural or a situational
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ambiguity and the citizens are
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uninterested in changing them these
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cultures tend to be more conservative
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more emotional and usually xenophobic
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families in these cultures didn't have
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more traditional gender roles two
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schools have more structured learning
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and children are taught to trust that
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their teachers have all of the answers
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children are also taught that the
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outside world may be a hostile place
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religions associated with the
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uncertainty avoidance include
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Catholicism Islam Judaism and Shintoism
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conversely countries low in neuroticism
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and low and uncertainty avoidance tend
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to have fewer laws and regulations and
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their citizens are much more interested
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in politics these cultures are often
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more open to change and more tolerant of
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diversity and people within these
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cultures tend to suppress their emotions
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more families and these cultures usually
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have looser gender roles and their
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schools have a more open-minded learning
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as a generality teachers are allowed to
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say that they don't know and students
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are encouraged to question authority
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children are also taught to the outside
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world as benevolent and that they should
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not persecute others based on their
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beliefs religions associated with low
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uncertainty avoidance include
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Protestantism Buddhism Taoism
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and Hinduism so where do you fit in
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uncertainty avoidance is just one
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concept that is influenced by a cultures
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personality and how it influences the
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decisions and behaviors of the people
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within that culture what were you taught
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to avoid what were you taught to
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approach and how does the culture where
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you grew up in influence what you
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consider to be comfortable and
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uncomfortable I hope you guys enjoyed
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this video and if you did feel free to
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watch some of the other videos in this
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personality series and if you want to
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learn more about your own personality
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check out my free three-in-one
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personality quiz in the description
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below what it does is it combines three
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of the major personality quizzes
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introduced one test you can take in
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under 10 minutes and at the end of it
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I'm gonna try to predict some things
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about you like your political stances
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your relationship style and also your
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health I'll put a lot of work into it so
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I hope you guys enjoy it thanks for
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watching and I hope to see you in the
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