Cultural Perspectives - Nisbett & Masuda

<p>The Eastern self is dependent on the social context. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Focus on salient objects and their inherent properties (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They try to find truth in both propositions. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>East Asians group objects by relationships and functions. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chinese children grouped objects based on dietary relationships. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Recognizing family resemblance over rule-based categorization. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Superior skills in detecting relationships between events. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Personality and attitudes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Americans often use object traits, while East Asians refer to contextual interactions. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The inclination to agree that typical members possess certain properties more than non-typical ones. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chinese (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Middle way solutions that avoid polarization. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Chinese participants (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The difficulty in separating an object and the field in which it appears (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>American participants (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Participants demonstrate difficulty in detecting obvious changes between sequentially presented images (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Made more errors when objects were presented with new backgrounds (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

A way of thinking that focuses on the individual parts or characteristics of an object or situation, paying less attention to its relationships with other things.

A way of thinking that emphasizes seeing things in a holistic way, focusing on how things are interconnected and relate to each other.

The idea that the self is a distinct entity, separate from others and context, with stable characteristics that don't change significantly.

The idea that the self is interconnected with others and the social environment, and influenced by context, changing based on the relationships.

The tendency for people from different cultures to perceive and process information differently, based on their social environments and cultural values.

Western cultures tend to explain events by focusing on individual traits and abilities, while Eastern cultures consider contextual factors and relationships.

People are more likely to agree that a typical member of a category (like an eagle) has a certain property than a less typical member (like a penguin).

East Asians tend to use more contextual information when making causal attributions and predictions, considering details like historical events and social factors.

Chinese individuals are more comfortable with seemingly contradictory concepts and embrace a 'middle way' perspective in resolving conflicts, while Americans often favor one side being right.

The tendency for cultures to emphasize either individual independence (Western) or interdependence (Eastern) shapes their understanding of the self, social interactions and even parenting styles.

When presented with seemingly contradictory ideas, Chinese participants tend to seek truth in both, while Americans lean towards rejecting one in favor of the other.

East Asians categorize objects and events based on relationships and family resemblance (e.g., cow and grass because the cow eats grass).

Americans categorize objects and events based on rule-based category membership (e.g., chicken and cow because they are both animals).

East Asians are generally better than Westerners at detecting the relationships between events.

This refers to the study where Chinese and American participants were shown randomly paired objects and asked to judge the strength of the relationship between them.

The tendency to perceive an object as inseparable from its surrounding environment.

A test that measures field dependence by asking participants to judge the verticality of a rod that is tilted within a tilted frame. Field-dependent individuals are more likely to be influenced by the frame's orientation.

Focus on the surrounding environment and context rather than individual objects. Field-dependent cultures tend to have a more holistic way of thinking.

The inability to notice significant changes in a scene when presented with two versions of the same scene sequentially with a brief pause between them.

The way people perceive and process information based on their cultural background. It can influence their thinking styles, attention, and how they interpret events.