The culture and personality school of thought emerged in anthropology during the early twentieth century as an attempt to understand the relationship between culture and the development of individual personality. Influenced by psychology, particularly psychoanalysis and learning theory, this approach argued that personality is not solely determined by biological factors but is significantly shaped by cultural practices, child-rearing methods, socialization, beliefs, values, and customs. It sought to explain how members of a society develop common personality traits through shared cultural experiences and how these traits influence the functioning of society. The school developed mainly in the United States and was strongly influenced by the works of Franz Boas, who rejected the idea of racial superiority and emphasized cultural relativism. His students extended this perspective by examining how culture influences individual behavior and personality formation. They believed that different societies produce different personality patterns because each culture follows unique methods of upbringing and socialization. Ruth Benedict was one of the most prominent scholars associated with this school. In her famous work *Patterns of Culture*, she argued that every culture selects certain personality traits and values from the