Social Psychology (10th Edition)
Social Psychology (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134641287
Author: Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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According to Nisbett, geographical differences in culture have a dramatic influence on how humans perceive the world. His basic focus is that people from Eastern cultures and
Western cultures think differently because
O the language systems of eastern cultures are centered in activity and the language systems western cultures are centered in inactivity
Eastern philosophies focus on understanding in terms of interdependence and harmony and western philosophies focus on understanding in terms of linear methods
Eastern philosophies are centered in understanding the worth of the individual and western philosophies are centered in understanding the worth of the culture
○ Western philosophies focus on understanding in terms of interdependence and harmony and eastern philosophies focus on understanding in terms of linear methods
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Transcribed Image Text:According to Nisbett, geographical differences in culture have a dramatic influence on how humans perceive the world. His basic focus is that people from Eastern cultures and Western cultures think differently because O the language systems of eastern cultures are centered in activity and the language systems western cultures are centered in inactivity Eastern philosophies focus on understanding in terms of interdependence and harmony and western philosophies focus on understanding in terms of linear methods Eastern philosophies are centered in understanding the worth of the individual and western philosophies are centered in understanding the worth of the culture ○ Western philosophies focus on understanding in terms of interdependence and harmony and eastern philosophies focus on understanding in terms of linear methods
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