PSYC14H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Collectivism, Infant Mortality, Ethnocentrism
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Psyc14 lecture 8 relationships, mental health, and well-being march 24, 2017. Belonging: people are motivated to affiliate and bond with each other. Understanding: to belong, people are motivated to create an accurate-enough shared social understanding. In collectivistic countries, they don"t care for individuals but more for relationships. We want to have a sense of control on our outcomes but it"s more control over ourselves. Collectivistic societies focus on navigating their social environments. Influencing other people or adjusting to other people to ease the tension. In western countries, it"s about enhancing ourselves and portraying ourselves in a certain way. In a collectivistic country, they have a special sympathy for themselves where they aren"t critical of themselves. They can see their own limitations and weaknesses and accept them. Trust: in western societies, we tend to have positive expectations about others. Example: trusting another person and investing time as their new bff.
