PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Fundamental Attribution Error, Tao Te Ching, Laozi
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Masuda noticed differences in paintings produced in east asia vs europe figure 8. 1: horizons in landscape scenes painted considerably higher in east asian than western, figures in portraits much larger in western than east asian. Analytic and holistic thinking dog, carrot, rabbit taxonomic categorization: grouped according to perceived similarity of attributes (carrot doesn"t belong) thematic categorization: grouped together on basis of causal, temporal, or spatial relationships among them (dog doesn"t belong) Similar as ways of attending to world in analytic and holistic thinking analytic thinking: focus on objects and their attributes. Perceived as existing independently from contexts, understood in terms of component parts. More common in western cultures holistic thinking: orientation to context as a whole. Attention to relation among objects and objects and surrounding context. Behaviour predicted and explained on basis of those relationships, knowledge gained through exp. rather than fixed and abstract rules to predict and explain behaviour of these objects application of fixed abstract rules.
