Overview:
Throughout your coursework and professional career, it is extremely important that you write in your
own words. You will often be tasked with reading psychological materials and then to incorporate the
content into a paper or other type of written or oral presentation. At times, the material you are
reading might be quite technical, and it may be challenging for you to present these ideas in your own
words. This is your opportunity to practice this important skill.
Review the following websites to learn about summarizing:
 Purdue Owl: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
 Example of a Summary
Instructions:
For this assignment, you will:
 Read the passage (below) from your textbook.
 Think about the main ideas contained in the passage.
 Make a list of four (4) main ideas contained in the passage.
 In your own words, summarize the main ideas in paragraph form with a minimum of four (4)
complete sentences.
 Do not quote directly from the passage.
Textbook Passage:
In short, it is worth remembering that most of the theories and much of the research covered in this
book are based on observations in individualistic cultures. In fact, most of this work was conducted in
the United States, the country that was found in one study to be the most individualistic of 41 nations
examined (Suh, Diener, Oishi, & Triandis, 1998). This does not mean the research should be
dismissed. Rather, we should keep in mind that whether a particular descriiption applies to people in
all cultures remains an open question. In some cases, such as the research on dream content
presented in Chapter 4 and the studies on marriage patterns presented in Chapter 10, investigators
find nearly identical results across very different cultural groups. In other cases, such as in the selfesteem and achievement examples, they find important differences among cultures. Identifying the
cultural limitations or universality of various phenomena provides additional insight into the nature of
the concepts we study.
PSY305 – Theories of Personality
Summarization Assignment
Summarize this paragraph in your own words and include the following reference citation for your
textbook below your summary:
Burger, J. (2018). Theories of Personality (10th ed.). Cengage.
Requirements:
 Incorporate all main ideas into your own words.
 Use appropriate APA placement and style for in-text citations and the reference.
 Complete your work in a Microsoft Word document.
Please use
Edward Davis as Author Post University as School