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Perceptual organization and attribution preferences: a glimpse of the Middle Eastern bicultural mind
The Journal of General Psychology ( IF 2.014 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-15 , DOI: 10.1080/00221309.2020.1819767
Maura A E Pilotti 1 , Muamar Hasan Salameh 1 , Eman Jehad Y Abdulhadi 1 , Runna Al Ghazo 1
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Abstract

Evidence exists that Westerners rely on similarities to organize their perceptual experiences (descriptive style) and on dispositions to explain human behavior, whereas Far East Asians rely on functional relationships (relational style) and situational details. The present research challenged this dichotomy by investigating perceptual organization and causal attribution in bicultural women of Middle Eastern descent. In Experiment 1, participants were given three items from which to pick two that would go together (e.g., shampoo, conditioner, hair). In Experiment 2, participants were asked to explain desirable and undesirable outcomes (i.e., grades). In both studies, cultural orientation was assessed. When participants were given three items from which to pick two that would go together, they emulated the Westerners’ descriptive approach to perception, selecting choices based on similarities (e.g., shampoo and conditioner) rather than on functional relationships (e.g., shampoo and hair). When participants explained desirable outcomes, they preferred internal causes, whereas when they explained undesirable outcomes, they preferred external causes, thereby expressing the self-serving bias often attributed to people from the West. Yet, they also exhibited a hybrid cultural orientation, which included both collectivistic and individualistic inclinations. Although these findings support a polycultural viewpoint, according to which people can manage coherent lives informed by multiple legacies, they also indicate that cultural mindsets do not evenly influence information processing.



中文翻译:

感知组织和归因偏好:中东双文化思维的一瞥

摘要

有证据表明,西方人依靠相似性来组织他们的感知体验(描述风格)和倾向来解释人类行为,而远东亚洲人则依靠功能关系(关系风格)和情境细节。本研究通过调查中东血统双文化女性的知觉组织和因果归因来挑战这种二分法。在实验 1 中,参与者被给予三个项目,从中选择两个可以一起使用的项目(例如,洗发水、护发素、头发)。在实验 2 中,参与者被要求解释理想和不理想的结果(即成绩)。在这两项研究中,都评估了文化取向。当参与者被要求从三个项目中选择两个可以一起使用时,他们模仿西方人对感知的描述性方法,根据相似性(例如洗发水和护发素)而不是功能关系(例如洗发水和头发)来选择选择。当参与者解释理想的结果时,他们更喜欢内部原因,而当他们解释不希望的结果时,他们更喜欢外部原因,从而表达了通常归因于西方人的自私偏见。然而,他们也表现出混合的文化取向,包括集体主义和个人主义倾向。尽管这些发现支持多元文化的观点,即人们可以通过多种遗产来管理连贯的生活,但它们也表明文化思维方式不会均匀地影响信息处理。洗发水和护发素)而不是功能关系(例如洗发水和头发)。当参与者解释理想的结果时,他们更喜欢内部原因,而当他们解释不希望的结果时,他们更喜欢外部原因,从而表达了通常归因于西方人的自私偏见。然而,他们也表现出混合的文化取向,包括集体主义和个人主义倾向。尽管这些发现支持多元文化的观点,即人们可以通过多种遗产来管理连贯的生活,但它们也表明文化思维方式不会均匀地影响信息处理。洗发水和护发素)而不是功能关系(例如洗发水和头发)。当参与者解释理想的结果时,他们更喜欢内部原因,而当他们解释不希望的结果时,他们更喜欢外部原因,从而表达了通常归因于西方人的自私偏见。然而,他们也表现出混合的文化取向,包括集体主义和个人主义倾向。尽管这些发现支持多元文化的观点,即人们可以通过多种遗产来管理连贯的生活,但它们也表明文化思维方式不会均匀地影响信息处理。而当他们解释不良结果时,他们更倾向于外部原因,从而表达了通常归因于西方人的自私偏见。然而,他们也表现出混合的文化取向,包括集体主义和个人主义倾向。尽管这些发现支持多元文化的观点,即人们可以通过多种遗产来管理连贯的生活,但它们也表明文化思维方式不会均匀地影响信息处理。而当他们解释不良结果时,他们更倾向于外部原因,从而表达了通常归因于西方人的自私偏见。然而,他们也表现出混合的文化取向,包括集体主义和个人主义倾向。尽管这些发现支持多元文化的观点,即人们可以通过多种遗产来管理连贯的生活,但它们也表明文化思维方式不会均匀地影响信息处理。

更新日期:2020-09-15
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