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Culture and judgement of causal relevance

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ID6202952
AuthorsIncheol Choi (0000-0002-1996-2926, Seoul National University), Reeshad S Dalal (0000-0003-4040-4686, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Reeshad Dalal, Chu Kim-Prieto, Chu Kim‐prieto (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Hyekyung Park (0000-0003-0021-0019, Seoul National University)
Year2003
Volume84
Issue1
Pages46-59
Publication date2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.84.1.46
PMID12518970
OpenAlexW2054445680
LanguageEN
Citations received58
References cited44

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

Attribution · Causality (physics) · Developmental psychology · Judgement · Prosocial behavior · Relevance (law) · Cultural Differences and Values · International Student and Expatriate Challenges · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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