Task 1 Flashcards
What are some unique characteristics for western world people regarding culture ?
- low context dependent
- focus on object (center of the picture)
- independent low social activity
- not prescribed roles
- not good in emotion judging
- World= stable
- only one truth
- analytic thinking
What are some unique characteristics for Asians world people regarding culture ?
- High context dependent (relationships)
- Field dependent/contextual (background)
- not independent (more family) / high scocial activity
- prescribed roles
- can judge emotional feelings
- world is constantly changing (yin/yang)
- Also find a middle way solution
- holistic thinking
Why are there differences in cultural thinking ?
- Different societies with diff values
What are some of the values which split the western and asian world in diff societies ?
- Autonomy (free will) vs not autonomy
- Personal vs group goals
What is “change blindness” ?
- When the background is changing very fast but the objects stays the same then western people have more trouble seeing the diff then asians because of the diff focus !
What test identified or proved that W vs A have different types of focuses? (context vs object)
- Road frame test !
Why does change blindess work ?
-Nervous system combines similar scene to maintain a coherent/correct view of the world
Does the enviorment influence our perception?
(And name the two cases) !
- Yes it does
- if the enviorment afford mostly salient objects then people attend to them more closely
- if the enviorment is complex and the distinction between field and object is blurry then u do not focus on the object
- > also visa versa perception influences enviorment
What ist the defintion of culture, regarding Markus and Tomasello ?
- Culture holds within it all the achievements of our ancestors so that
we don’t have to start from scratch
What is cultural universality ?
(Give one example) !
- it is a phenomena or multiple phenomensa which is common for all humans
- Language
- the capacity to process these phenomenas is given across the world
What is cultural relativsm ?
- Not everyone has the sam capacity background knowledge to solve a task
- (So people should be judged by the criteria of there own culture and not by someone else)
What is the Hudson task about ?
- non literal kids and school kids had to describe a picture
How does culture impact memory (free recall)?
- school system which taught there children to think in cluster had a better time to free recall -> America
- But thinking in cluster is learnable
How does culture influence sorting/cotagorization regarding childreen ?
- first they sort by unique characteristics then later on by function
- no real impact of culture more a cross cultural think
- external influences have more impact on sorting
What external influences increase sorting ability regarding childreen ?
- Television
- school (diff mathematical system 1-20 better in asia )
- past experience