Introduction
On 12 September 1993, Raenee was born in Singapore to John and Dolly Sydney. She had two older brothers, Scott and Keanu, and a younger brother, Kurt, who was born a year after her. Her father was a Singaporean and mother was Malaysian. In primary and secondary school, despite faring above average in English, her parents constantly received complaints from teachers commenting that Raenee submitted assignments late and that her grades were dropping. She was also a part of her secondary school’s debate team, participating in country-wide debate tournaments.
When Raenee was 14, her father was offered a job promotion as the manager of an engineering company’s Australian branch. As a result, her entire family migrated to, coincidentally, …show more content…
As she had always expressed an interest in fashion, she works for one of Australia’s most renown fashion designers, helping her with designs, castings, fittings, and recently, she was in a spread on Vogue Australia wearing the designer’s clothes. Raenee is also taking her clothing brand to an international platform as she just created an online shop that ships her clothes worldwide.
Dispositional Domain
The dispositional domain concerns aspects of one’s personality that are stable over time and relatively consistent in different situations. These aspects are what makes individuals so unique.
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I asked her how she was and what she had been up to. Instead of telling me about herself in relation to her family and group of friends like she used to, she told me that she was happy, and excited for what her future held. She wore very unique clothing that did not follow trends, and even dyed her hair bright blue. This was more aligned with Australia’s more western theme of independence. She clearly displayed more autonomy, and was free from the influence of others. However, it should be noted that this is a type of observer-report data and hence, my observations could have been biased due to my relationship with her, or by my existing views on how Australians behave. Despite this possibility, Raenee also described herself with more abstract internal characteristics (“I am happy.”), which is similar more individualistic statements on the Twenty Statements Test.
Thus, Raenee demonstrated acculturation, which is the process of adapting the ways of life in one’s new culture. As she moved from Singapore to Australia, her self-concept also changed as she now identifies herself as Australian. This is supported by a study by Rosenthal, Bell, Demetriou, & Efklides (1989) comparing Greeks who had migrated to Australia. They found that Anglo-Australians demonstrated more individualistic orientations, whereas Greek-Australians retained values of Greece’s collectivistic culture,
On 12 September 1993, Raenee was born in Singapore to John and Dolly Sydney. She had two older brothers, Scott and Keanu, and a younger brother, Kurt, who was born a year after her. Her father was a Singaporean and mother was Malaysian. In primary and secondary school, despite faring above average in English, her parents constantly received complaints from teachers commenting that Raenee submitted assignments late and that her grades were dropping. She was also a part of her secondary school’s debate team, participating in country-wide debate tournaments.
When Raenee was 14, her father was offered a job promotion as the manager of an engineering company’s Australian branch. As a result, her entire family migrated to, coincidentally, …show more content…
As she had always expressed an interest in fashion, she works for one of Australia’s most renown fashion designers, helping her with designs, castings, fittings, and recently, she was in a spread on Vogue Australia wearing the designer’s clothes. Raenee is also taking her clothing brand to an international platform as she just created an online shop that ships her clothes worldwide.
Dispositional Domain
The dispositional domain concerns aspects of one’s personality that are stable over time and relatively consistent in different situations. These aspects are what makes individuals so unique.
Five-Factor …show more content…
I asked her how she was and what she had been up to. Instead of telling me about herself in relation to her family and group of friends like she used to, she told me that she was happy, and excited for what her future held. She wore very unique clothing that did not follow trends, and even dyed her hair bright blue. This was more aligned with Australia’s more western theme of independence. She clearly displayed more autonomy, and was free from the influence of others. However, it should be noted that this is a type of observer-report data and hence, my observations could have been biased due to my relationship with her, or by my existing views on how Australians behave. Despite this possibility, Raenee also described herself with more abstract internal characteristics (“I am happy.”), which is similar more individualistic statements on the Twenty Statements Test.
Thus, Raenee demonstrated acculturation, which is the process of adapting the ways of life in one’s new culture. As she moved from Singapore to Australia, her self-concept also changed as she now identifies herself as Australian. This is supported by a study by Rosenthal, Bell, Demetriou, & Efklides (1989) comparing Greeks who had migrated to Australia. They found that Anglo-Australians demonstrated more individualistic orientations, whereas Greek-Australians retained values of Greece’s collectivistic culture,