Comparative Cultural Salience

Measures Using Free-List Data

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2407280
AutoresEric C Thompson, Eric Thompson (0000-0001-7144-9735, National University of Singapore), Zhang Juan (National University of Singapore), Juan Zhang (0000-0003-3613-6332, National University of Singapore)
Ano2006
Volume18
Fascículo4
Páginas398-412
Data de publicação2006-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCAM (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1087-8513 • E-ISSN: 1552-3969
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1525822x06293128
OpenAlexW2128970381
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas46
Referências citadas17

In this article, we discuss procedures for comparing the cultural salience of semantic domains and their constitutive signifiers between groups of respondents based on free list data. These methods allow us to assess the relative similarity and difference of the cognitive salience of elements within a domain across groups of respondents. We argue that cultural salience is an important but often overlooked variable in the structure of semantic domains. Comparing cultural salience provides one grounds for claims of cultural difference (or lack thereof) between different socially defined groups (e.g., national, ethnic, gender, academic). We use data collected on the cultural salience of countries in a project on perceptions of Southeast Asia as an example of the methods described

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cultural diversity · Ethnic group · Perception · Salience (neuroscience) · Sociology · Categorization, perception, and language · Psychology · Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods · Social Psychology · Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques