PSY311H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Suicidal Ideation, Canadian Identity, Sisal
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Triandis: the drive is the di erence; collectivist (group goal), individualist (own goal) Interdependent: connectiveness to form identity; your identity is contingent on the other identities of the social group; unspoken rules about status, social order. Independent: each with unique attributes; world is meaningful with more internal thoughts and processes > others; self-actualization is important (self-help) Di erence: is drive versus how knowledge is done ?? idk. What aspects might these groups di er on? (parenting?) values, importance of social hierarchy, respect, linguistics, 70% of the world is collectivist even though most research is done on independent individualistic also with the most money / white saviour complex / white man"s burden. Increasing trend in immigration; ignore 1910 and 1950s (immigration from france europe) Philipines, india, and china; going to increase in the next couple of decades; coming in to boost economy in canada.
