PSYC 260 Study Guide - Final Guide: Jon D. Levenson, Stereotype, Calmness

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 260
• Professor: Lara Aknin

Document Summary

Independent self concept is encouraged in high individualism cultures desire stable traits and preferences (do not change over time, situation, or context) they feel unique and autonomous default in canada/usa attributes of self separated from context (friends & family) relations are separate from identity interdependent self concept is encouraged in cultures high in collectivism salient traits and preferences depend on the context and who is around you feel connected with others default in east asia characteristics of self depend on relational context relations are part of the identity culture and cognition: challenging the universal assumption assumption of universality of cognitive processes content varies but same basic processes underlie all human thought across cultures culture & cognition research questions this assumption instead, culture may affect not only what people think about (content), but also the ways by which you think (process)