PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Collectivism

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● Childisatcentreforeast

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● Easttendstoprotectfromsun

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Isitallabouttheperson?Orthesituation(culture)?

Maybeboth?

● OFCIT’SBOTH

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WalterMischel

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● Hewaslikelet’sintegratethesetwoviewsto

haveamoreholisticpicture

● Marshmallowexperiment

○ Delaygratification

● Knownfortheory

○ Behaviouralsignatures

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If…then…profilesmeaningfulpatternsofvariability

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● Analyzedkids’behaviourthroughouta

summercamp

● Learned

○ Somestabilitytoone’spersonality

throughoutlife

○Differentsituationselicitdifferent

behavioursthatvaryfrompersonto

person

■ Mischelpickedupona

certaindegreeof

predictability

● Graph1

○Child28

○ Verbalaggression

○ Profileofonechild

○ Hasafairlystablepersonality

○ Dependingonsituation,thereare

certainlevelsofverbalaggression

○ Dottedvs.solid=twodifferent

instancesbutthey’restillquite

similar

○ Peerapproaches=aggressive

● Graph2

○Child9

○ Thesetwochildrenarevery

different

○ Demonstratedifferentbehaviours

accordingtothesituationsthey’ve

beenexposedto

○ Adultwarn=aggressive

● Sameinputsleadingtodifferentoutputsin

thechild

● Ifthenprofilesaccountforthemeaningful

patternsofvariabilitythatweseewithinthe

childandacrossdifferentchildren

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Significancetestsofif…then…behaviouralprofiles

forthegraphsabove

● Verbalaggression:r=.47,p<.01

○ Compliance:r=.41,p<.01

■ Whining:r=.28,p<.01

● Prosocialtalk:r=.19,p<.05

● Somebehavioursaremoreconsistentthan

others

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● Theblackboxisourbrain

● Outputisourbehaviour

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If…then…profilesmeaningfulpatternsofvariability

● Featuresofifthenprofilesinvitequestions

aboutaperson’sconstrualofsituations,

motivations,goals,andexpectations

● Cognitiveaffectiveunits(CAUs)

○ Categories/constructs

○ Expectationsandbeliefs

○ Emotions

○Goals

○ Competencies/selfregulatoryplans

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Cognitiveaffectiveprocessingsystem(CAPS)

● CAUsoperatewithinaninterconnected

network…toultimatelypredictbehaviour

●Differentpathwaysbecomeactivatedin

relationtofeaturesofthesituations

● OnepersonmaypickuponA,whichtriggers

acertainpathwayleadingtothatbehaviour

● AnotherpicksuponJ,whichtriggersa

pathwayandleadstoapathway

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● Someofthearrowsdon’tshowcausethey’re

whitesojustlookatthepreviouspic

● Selfselectionprocess

○Let’ssayiliveinashitarea,certain

behavioursarecausedbecauseof

theplaceilivein,causetheculture

exposesmetosituationswhereI’d

dobehavioursthatmakeme

selfselectbackintothesame

culture

● Culturalshift

○ Actdifffromthecultureyoucome

from

○ Throughmultiplecycles,youcan

seetheseshifts

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WhataretheseCAunits?Whichonesareturnedon?

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Cultureisasmuch“inside”asitis“outthere”

● Basicphysicalreality

○ Whatobjectsdowe“see?”

● Fieldrecognition

○ Whatareweattendingto?

● Epistemicmotivesandunderstanding

○ Howdoweunderstand?Howdo

wereason?

● Attributionsandappraisals

○ Whatdowedowiththisprocessed

information?

● Behaviorsandmotivations

○ Howdoweexpressand

communicate?Relatetoothers?

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●It’saWesternillusion

● Preindustrialsocieties(huntergatherers)

don’treallyfallfortheillusion

● Carpentershavetobuildbareshitwithright

anglesandstraightlinessopeoplein

preindustrialsocietiesdon’treallyhavethat

manylinescausetheyliveinhutsandshit

sotheydon’tneedtoperceiverightangles

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Whatinformationdoweattendto?

● Fieldindependencevs.fielddependence

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