Culture and Social Behavior: The Ontario Symposium, Volume 10

by Sorrentino, Richard M.; Cohen, Dov; Olson, James M.; Zanna, Mark P.

• ISBN13: 9780805847871
• ISBN10: 0805847871
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-03
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Cross-cultural differences have many important implications for social identity, social cognition, and interpersonal behavior. The 10th volume of the Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology focuses on East-West cultural differences and similarities and how this research can be applied to cross-cultural studies in general. Culture and Social Behaviorcovers a range of topics from differences in basic cognitive processes to broad level cultural syndromes that pervade social arrangements, laws, and public representations. Leading researchers in the study of culture and psychology describe their work and their current perspective on the important questions facing the field. Pioneers in the field such as Harry Triandis and Michael Bond present their work, along with those who represent some newer approaches to the study of culture. Richard E. Nisbett concludes the book by discussing the historical development of the field and an examination of which aspects of culture are universal and which are culture-specific. By illustrating both the diversity and vitality of research on the psychology of culture and social behavior, the editors hope this volume will stimulate further research from psychologists of many cultural traditions. Understanding cultural differences is now more important than ever due to their potential to spark conflict, violence, and aggression. As such, this volume is a "must have" for cultural researchers including those in social, cultural, and personality psychology, and interpersonal, cultural, and political communication, anthropology, and sociology.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Chapter 1 Two Dimensions of Political Attitudes and Their Individual Difference Correlates: A Cross-Cultural Perspective	1	(30)
Michael C. Ashton, Henry A. Danso, Gregory R. Maio, Victoria M. Esses, Michael H. Bond and Doris Keung
Chapter 2 A Cultural-Psychological Model for Explaining Differences in Social Behavior: Positioning the Belief Construct	31	(18)
Michael Harris Bond
Chapter 3 Insider and Outsider Perspectives on the Self and Social World	49	(28)
Dov Cohen and Etsuko Hoshino-Browne
Chapter 4 Culture and Relationships: The Downside of Self-Contained Individualism	77	(18)
Kenneth L. Dion and Karen K. Dion
Chapter 5 Constructing Good Selves in Japan and North America	95	(22)
Steven J. Heine
Chapter 6 Culture and Lay Theories of Change	117	(20)
Li-Jun Ji
Chapter 7 Interdependent Agency: An Alternative System for Action	137	(28)
Shinobu Kitayama and Yukiko Uchida
Chapter 8 Language, Culture, and Conceptions of the Self	165	(16)
Wei Qi Elaine Perunovic, Michael Ross and Anne E. Wilson
Chapter 9 Uncertainty Orientation and Social Behavior: Individual Differences Within and Across Cultures	181	(26)
Richard M. Sorrentino, Yasunao Otsubo, Satoru Yasunaga, John Nezlek, Sadafusa Kouhara and Paul Shaper
Chapter 10 Issues in Individualism and Collectivism Research	207	(20)
Harry C. Triandis
Chapter 11 The Dialectical Self: Contradiction, Change, and Holism in the East Asian Self-Concept	227	(24)
Julie Spencer-Rodgers and Kaiping Peng
Chapter 12 The Ghosts of Cultural Psychology	251	(8)
Richard E. Nisbett
Author Index	259