Individual Differences in Capacity for Tolerating Information Overload Are Related to Differences in Culture and Temperament

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ID2314523
AuthorsRichard F Haase (State University of New York, Albany, USA, corresponding author), Larae M Jome (State University of New York, Albany, USA), Joaquim Armando Ferreira (0000-0003-1733-5854, University of Coimbra), Eduardo J R Santos (0000-0002-9305-9073, University of Coimbra), Christopher C Connacher (State University of New York, Albany, USA), Kerrin Sendrowitz (State University of New York, Albany, USA)
Year2014
Volume45
Issue5
Pages728-751
Publication date2014-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022022113519852
OpenAlexW2164421155
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited42

Individual differences in the capacity for information processing in complex tasks can be predicted from both personality and temperament that derive from both the biological and social substrates of human development and behavior. If there are cultural differences in brain structure and function that govern information processing, then two different cultures may show biologically based temperamental differences in sensitivity to stimulation (e.g., Pavlov's Strength of the Nervous System) which in turn may predict individual differences in capacity for tolerating environmentally determined stimulus overloads. We examined the relationship between biologically based measures of Pavlovian Temperament (Strength of Excitation, Inhibition, and Mobility) and an individual differences measure consisting of five dimensions of capacity for tolerating information load. Both direct and indirect effects of country of origin on capacity for information processing were tested in a mediated path analytic model in which Pavlovian Excitation, Inhibition, and Mobility were hypothesized to mediate the relationship between culture and self-reported information processing capacities

Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Information processing · Personality · Stimulus (psychology · Temperament · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Cultural Differences and Values · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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