DANCEST 805 Lecture 19:
Document Summary
Individualistic vs. collectivists culture (shark?: nature vs. nurture, norms/ polite behavior, values. Proc. of the national academy of sciences, 100, 11163-11170. Cognitive psychology in and out of the laboratory. Beyond east vs west: social class, region and religion as form of culture (a. cohen & m. varmum: aging and windom: culture matters (i. grossmann & all) Culture and point of view (r. nisbett & r. masuda) Already the ancient chinese and greeks had different ways of thinking about the world due to differences in their social system (holistic vs analytic) The western self is independent and largely unconnected. It can move from one setting or context to another (low context) The east asian self is connected to others in a way that is literally dependent on the context (high context) The training for independence vs. interdependence starts very early. E. g western babies tend to sleep in a different bed/room from their parents, while this is very rare for.
