Week 10 Flashcards
Woould you consider allowing your mother to select your marriage partner
What do you think the chances are you’d be happy in this arranged marriage. ?
Most say no, and no way.
For k,
Looked like mint need external help. Arranged wedding. Nightmare scenario, for k.
Choices, autonomy and culture
(How to motivate others esp. Children)
Review
Rewards, praise, competition and then look at Finland.
Positive things include:
Cooperation
Learning material personally relevant.
autonomy support. Perspective seeing them from students eyes, or child’s encouraging choice. Class discussions do this too I guess.
Articel about Indian community in south east sax I?
Interesting Indian American youth go for arranged marriage.
Background of guy, immigrants, similarity to k.
Ester nixed. Liked American sports Seinfeld. Ivy League university.
He was an investment banker.
Moved in across from parents.
Date in college, not much, no serious rela.
Mom suggested arranged marriage. Said ok. 200 portfolios. Mom met them. Anshu yinit
Met her and felt it was right. .
Forgo courtship, most Indian even in America who decide to do this.
Why decide to have an arranged marriage. .
Miss pan day.
Look at divorce rates and couples. Figure odds Re parents can help make the decision, better the odds.
Pursue and select idea, k had.
Harry met Sally movie shown cuz
That’s how K met wife at bookstore.
Personal growth section. For sister and self.
Employment centre. Pur sied Windows self directed’
K flefelt t it was thé way it saoule be’
Because of his self one pt and how he was brought up.
Collectivist culture have different ideas
Making choices is very motivating research.
FREE CHOICE PARADIGM
Pleasure increased. Eg. Sona puzzle.
Even see differences in performance.
Sarah p asside. Kids given a joine all said yes, vs forced reading logs.
Books read and interest.
Significant effect for choice, read more and felt better.
Junior in high school! Girl.
Leopard study q199992
Thinking about choice, you need to consider culyure they are from.
America: independant. Individualistic : Choices are self expressive
Asia: collectivist. Interdependent : inter connectedness, : choices are intended to maintin harmony and fulfill wishes to which whih group I belong and care about. Interdependent- self. Self expression relies on considering others like parents values and thoughts on person they court.
Watched video on. Sheena iyegar.
Green tea, ideas about choice.
Americ beliefs don’t hold true in all cultures Nd places,
Choice affecting you is a choice that you only you should make.
Locus is individual (arranged marriage counter) be true to yourself.
Choice meant greater performance. Embarrassed if mom Ws consulted. Asians are opposite.
Mom choice has a very different effect on. Performance.
1st generation. Kids. Anagram task. Markers.
Personal experimental and mom choice,
Performance and im were the two dependant measures.
First person to come in dictates what rest will do.
Striking differenice for mom choice,
TREND IS THE sme,E EVEN FOR ASIAN, PERSONAL CHOICE BETTER.
But when it comes to mom, choosing Americans do worse,
Second experiment, with in group vs outgo up choice.
Collectivistic culture idea tested ivyena study cont.
Fantasy game taught math to 10-11y
Tested on learning.
Same 3 conditions. Different materials. Same methods.
Out group, kids another school grade ahead or behind.
For Anglo Americans, personal choice dominates.
By contrast,
Asians do best when in group selects.
Not just mom, self in lures mom dad and ingrouo in Asia.
Personal choice is very positive for Americans and even for Asian Americans, personal choice is fairly positive too!
Asians though even better for in group or mother choice,
Review key findings. Of choices and culture.
Asian Americans might be bicultural.
Back to original q.
Collectivistic culture. Would likely benefit from mom and ingroup, harmony and integration. Making choic would likel result in worse marriage. Against grain of self.
Recent study by boa and lam.
Connection to deci.
Choice often rela. To autonomy. Not 1:1!
Autonomy is about endorsement self and might volition ally decide to let others make decisions and feel choice or volition.
Chinese 5th graders Hong Kong.
Personal vs mother choice.
Measured autonomous. Felt.
Feel more autonomous is mom chooses for them! Hong Kong kids.
Esp if good rela with mom.
Research suggest choice should
Not always be made by self.
Ollevivistic cultures thrive when others make decision.
Second assumption by people about choices.
More is also better.
Some suggest there are too many, feel incapable of making all decisions.
Schwartz, b quote. Too many choices, and not enough guidance.
Online dating issue, always more options.
Back to iyegar and pepper, look at number of options.
Studies showing choice is good. Is better when you have 4-6 options, seems to hVe good effects.
Real life have many more. Supermarket, pension plan.
No ice overload hypo.
Study
6 vs 30 topics for students.
74% vs 60% completed the paper.
Quality significantly higher than when 30 options.
Upscale le supermarket.
Sampling table, 6 vs 24
More people stop when the are 24 jams (60 vs 40)
BUT
30% who stopped when looked at 6, but only 3% bought when24.
Looks like fewer or pions are better. Make better decisions, feel better. S
More post decision alr egret when there are too many potions.
Less self blame.
Film ex. Condoms. Some companies have narrowed range.
Business psychologist.
CHOICE OVERLOAD HYTHESIS
Though appealing, having many prions can sometimes lead to paralysis and lack of motivation ( and depletion of self control as we hVe seen) .
Conclude choices are dependant on
Culture and number of options.