Since Dr. Snodgrass is an interactionist, he likely believes that personality is determined more by situations than by traits.
Interactionism determines social progress (cooperation, identity formation, conflict) from the interaction of humans. This is the research regarding how society is shaped by individuals thru meaning that stems in interactions.
Many psychologist studies about personality traits and its development. Most of the psychologist think that it is the collection of traits but many psychologists think that personality determined by the environmental situation.
Because we all are aware of the fact that we behave differently in a different situation in the community, society, and people. So that the prediction about the behavior may be correct if it happened in a specific period. But both the factor such as traits and the environment play a greater role in the development of a personality.
A highly developed country would not likely have a low literacy rate. A a low literacy rate means that many people can't read or write. A highly developed country would rather invest in education and not allow its people to not develop this important skill.
Disortion of projecton happen when we misplace a certain location on the map after projection the location on round earth to a flat map. Since the map that is used by ptolemy is already flat, there would be no chance for a disortion of projection from happening.