Perceptual organization and attribution preferences: a glimpse of the Middle Eastern bicultural mind.

IF 1.9 4区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Journal of General Psychology Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Epub Date: 2020-09-15 DOI:10.1080/00221309.2020.1819767
Maura A E Pilotti, Muamar Hasan Salameh, Eman Jehad Y Abdulhadi, Runna Al Ghazo
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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.

知觉组织和归因偏好:中东双文化心理的一瞥。
有证据表明,西方人依靠相似性来组织他们的感知经验(描述风格),依靠性格来解释人类行为,而远东人则依靠功能关系(关系风格)和情境细节。本研究通过调查中东裔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,参与者被要求从三个物品中选出两个组合在一起的(例如,洗发水,护发素,头发)。在实验2中,参与者被要求解释期望和不期望的结果(即分数)。在这两项研究中,都评估了文化取向。当参与者被要求从三件物品中选出两件放在一起时,他们模仿西方人的描述性感知方法,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。当参与者解释理想结果时,他们更倾向于内因,而当他们解释不理想结果时,他们更倾向于外因,从而表达了通常被认为是西方人的自私偏见。然而,他们也表现出一种混合的文化取向,包括集体主义和个人主义的倾向。尽管这些发现支持多元文化观点,即人们可以通过多种遗产管理连贯的生活,但它们也表明,文化心态对信息处理的影响并不均匀。
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Journal of General Psychology
Journal of General Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
CiteScore
5.20
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10
期刊介绍: The Journal of General Psychology publishes human and animal research reflecting various methodological approaches in all areas of experimental psychology. It covers traditional topics such as physiological and comparative psychology, sensation, perception, learning, and motivation, as well as more diverse topics such as cognition, memory, language, aging, and substance abuse, or mathematical, statistical, methodological, and other theoretical investigations. The journal especially features studies that establish functional relationships, involve a series of integrated experiments, or contribute to the development of new theoretical insights or practical applications.
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