Psychology 2720A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Collectivism, Ego Depletion, Sandwich Board

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2720A/B
• Professor: Graeme Haynes

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52: e. g. , canada, usa, western europe, people seen as independent beings who possess stable abilities, traits, and attitudes, need for individual distinctiveness: individual goals prioritized ! Collectivist cultures: : e. g. , most east asian (e. g. , china, japan), central american and african countries, emphasizes connections between self and important others, people seen as interdependent beings who should contribute to harmonious group functioning! Easterners: see world more holistically: see people as being more capable of change! Participants were school-age children, either of asian- or euro-american descent! Their task was to unscramble word puzzles, with topics such as animals, food! Three conditions of independent variable: group 1: children chose topic, group 2: researcher chose topic, group 3: told that their mom chose the topic! Their were children of each ethnicity in each independent variable group! Dependent variable = speed and number of puzzles solved! Participants (east asians and americans) completed a survey in an airport!