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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2002): |
Culture and judgment of causal relevance.
Full Abstract
The authors hypothesized that because the causal theories of East Asians were more holistic and complex than those of Americans, the amount of information considered before making a final attribution would be larger for East Asians than for Americans. This hypothesis was supported through 4 studies. When participants attempted to explain a deviant behavior (Study 1) or a prosocial behavior (Study 2), Korean participants took into consideration a greater amount of information than did either American or Asian American participants. Study 3 replicated the findings of Studies 1 and 2 within each culture. Finally, Study 4 established a link between the present findings and past research on culture and attribution. Namely, Study 4 found that Koreans made more external attributions than Americans because Koreans considered more information than did Americans.
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Author information
Author/s: Choi, Incheol (I); Dalal, Reeshad (R); Kim-Prieto, Chu (C); Park, Hyekyung (H);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. ichoi(-atsign-)snu.ac.kr
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Journal of personality and social psychology (J Pers Soc Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Jan; vol 84 (issue 1) : pp 46-59
Dates: Created 2003/01/09; Completed 2003/04/22; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12518970, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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