Culture

Question 1

What

Answer 1

Affects us everyday life, but its impacts are unnoticed without being compared to others.

Question 2

Why do cultural psych?

Answer 2

Thin slice- WEIRD
12% 
Conducted on undergrad sample students.
92% by NA
99% by Westerners
-> we may not be studying human behaviours

Muller-Lyer and abstract

Question 3

Importance of Studying Culture

Answer 3

-It it all universal?
or is it like a fork, that’s not used all around?

-then find if what’s universal!
okay it’s not a fork, chopsticks too but they are all eating utensils.

-Discover the relationship with mind and culture
how does culture influence on how we think

-Unique psych experiences and phenomena in a culture
emotions did seem universal but is it cross culture?

Question 4

Take Self Concept

Answer 4

Default processing

EA: A chamelion
Interdependence allows them to be influenced by the presence of whom they are with
see holistically how the objects go with the context.
i.e mr. A must be friends with B, Laughing because the day is bright ect.

NA
Independence allows them to be a sole identity, with stable traits not by the context.

Analytic view only picks out the central character’s traits like he has brown hair, seems friendly, in small pieces.

Question 5

Peng and Morris

Answer 5

A physics student kills ppl on campus for losing his award.

NYT: Analytic he is really cynical, deeply distrubed, ect.

The world journal: he had a bad relationships with his advisors, the access to guns in the USA, ect.

Question 6

Culture and Ideals

Answer 6

Both for positive emotions but

EA: Milder and soothing forms

NA: Exciting and deep arousal of elation

All seen through the choices of drugs, religions, music, books, ect.