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摘要
基于西方认同心理学和自我心理学的知识传统,目前的文化心理学研究倾向于将独特性偏好概念化,认为它反映了基于身份的动机,并认为西方文化中的人们重视独特性,因为它被视为对他们的身份和个性至关重要。在本研究中,我们引入了一个互补的东方视角来理解独特性偏好,并认为独特性偏好也可以反映一种战略动机,东亚文化中的人们也可能因为他们认为独特性可能带来的工具物质和社会利益而重视独特性。我们在九项预先注册的研究中测试了我们的观点,对比了美国人和中国人的决策。我们发现,与来自美国的参与者相比,来自中国的参与者更有可能追求独特性,或者相信其他人会在独特可能带来物质和社会利益的情况下追求独特性(研究1a-1c, 2,4,5),这种行为倾向可以部分解释为来自中国的参与者表现出更大的追求独特性的战略动机(研究3-5)。此外,相关研究和实验研究为权力需求、权力距离取向、特质竞争和向上社会比较作为独特性寻求策略动机的心理前因提供了一些证据(研究5-7)。总的来说,本研究为理解独特性偏好提供了一种替代的东方文化视角,以平衡盛行的西方文化视角。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA,版权所有)。
Strategic uniqueness seeking: A cultural perspective.
Building on the perspectives reflected in the Western intellectual tradition of the psychology of identity and the self, current research in cultural psychology tends to conceptualize uniqueness preferences as reflecting an identity-based motive and argues that people in Western cultures value uniqueness because it is viewed as inherently important to their identity and individuality. In this research, we introduce a complementary Eastern perspective to understand uniqueness preferences and argue that uniqueness preferences can also reflect a strategic motive where people in East Asian cultures may also value uniqueness because of the instrumental material and social benefits they believe uniqueness may confer. We tested our propositions in nine preregistered studies contrasting the decision making of people in the United States with those in China. We found that compared to participants from the United States, those from China were more likely to pursue uniqueness or believe others would pursue uniqueness in situations where being unique could potentially confer material and social benefits (Studies 1a-1c, 2, 4, 5), and this behavioral tendency could be explained in part by participants from China exhibiting a greater strategic motive for uniqueness seeking (Studies 3-5). Further, correlational and experimental studies provided some evidence for the roles of the need for power, power distance orientation, trait competitiveness, and upward social comparison as psychological antecedents to the strategic motive for uniqueness seeking (Studies 5-7). Overall, this research provides an alternative Eastern cultural perspective to balance the prevailing Western cultural perspective for understanding uniqueness preferences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
期刊介绍:
Journal of personality and social psychology publishes original papers in all areas of personality and social psychology and emphasizes empirical reports, but may include specialized theoretical, methodological, and review papers.Journal of personality and social psychology is divided into three independently edited sections. Attitudes and Social Cognition addresses all aspects of psychology (e.g., attitudes, cognition, emotion, motivation) that take place in significant micro- and macrolevel social contexts.