IBUS3309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fundamental Attribution Error, Personal Identity, Cultural Identity
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Introduction: we are all biased by previous information. Inaccurate and accurate: our upbringing, influence from other people, when interacting with people from different cultures, use previous accurate information as first best guess, discard inaccurate information, learn to get to know individuals, groups, a whole work force. Last week: culture is a shared and socially constructed concept, political environment, legal environment, technology, much of what we call culture is hidden. Individual level: people can have multiple identities, changes their perceptions depending on which one is salient, how cultural identity is formed, unconsciously. Institutions: personality, dynamic, cultural identity changes with experience, multifaceted, different levels, socialisation process, hofstede"s work has identified cultures can be categorised as individualistic or collectivistic, collectivistic. Interdependent: context dependent, people and the environment, sociocentric, see yourself as a social person, what you do influences other people. Idiocentric: you"re an individual, taught to be independent, attributes and cultures, self-concept model:
