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January 1, 2008Psychological Bulletin

Does culture influence what and how we think? Effects of priming individualism and collectivism.

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DODaphna OysermanUniversity of Southern California
Spike W. S. Lee
Spike W. S. LeeUniversity of Toronto

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Implication

Meta-analysis explores how individualism and collectivism shape thinking styles and values.

Key Points

  • The study aims to investigate how individualism and collectivism influence cognitive styles and values.
  • Conducted a meta-analysis of existing literature on individualism and collectivism priming.
  • Performed moderator analyses to explore effect sizes across different contexts and variables.
  • Evaluated the consistency of findings with existing cross-national evidence.
  • Effect sizes for relationality and cognition were moderate, while self-concept and values showed small effects.
  • Effects were robust across different priming methods and consistent with cross-national differences.
  • Findings support a model where cultural influences are dynamic rather than static.

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Oyserman et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ff79fb2ff633f365778d3bhttps://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.134.2.311
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