PSYC 3350 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article: Social Relation, Ingroups And Outgroups, Construals
16 Nov 2016
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Americans stress attending to the self, the appreciation of one(cid:495)s difference from others, and the importance of asserting the self. Japanese emphasize attending to and fitting in with others and the importance of harmonious interdependence with them. Psychologists assume that construals of the self and others are tied to the implicit, normative tasks that various cultures hold for what people should be doing in their lives, can influence the very nature of individual experience. Western view of the individual as an independent, self-contained, autonomous entity who: comprises a unique configuration of internal attributes, behaves primarily as a consequence of these internal attributes. Independent view is clearly exemplified in some sizeable segment of american culture, as well as in many western european cultures. Interdependent view is exemplified in japanese culture as well as in other asian cultures. European cultures: also characteristic of african cultures, latin-american cultures, and many southern.
