Effects of Social Context on Holistic Versus Analytic Orientation
A Cross-Cultural Experiment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9951952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey W Lucas (0000-0002-8272-7347, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, corresponding author), Carmi Schooler (Department of Sociology, University of Maryland), Zhao Delei (Harbin Engineering University), Delei ZHAO (Harbin Engineering University), Marek N Posard (RAND Corporation), Marek Posard (RAND Corporation), Hsiang-Yuan Ho (Department of Sociology, University of Maryland), Yu Guo (0009-0002-1747-4440, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 296-316 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207659.2017.1372100 |
| OpenAlex | W2770673869 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
An experiment carried out in the United States and China investigated how social context affects cognitive orientation. Explanations for cultural differences in cognitive orientation is that they are rooted in agricultural practices that encourage relatively more holistic or analytic orientations. Recent work has proposed that social network structures might lead to more holistic orientations in two ways—by leading individuals to feel strong social bonds, or by encouraging individuals to be concerned about happenings in distal relationships. This research attempted to adjudicate between these explanations by experimentally varying conditions of social exchange in an effort to make participants more or less concerned about other relationships in the network and more or less attached to fellow group members. Results indicate potential support for both explanations, although they reveal a process more complex than that theorized. In particular, participants receiving gifts from partners led to more holistic orientations, but it did not appear to do so through stronger affective attachment. Alternatively, the manipulation of concern about other relationships did not predict holism, but measures of the extent to which participants felt control over their situations did. Results also show that exchanging gifts with partners produced significantly different responses in participants across cultures
Cognition · Collectivism · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Holism · Individualism · Orientation (vector space · Perception · Political science · Social environment · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Work and personality
The Rice Economies
Culture and the Physical Environment
Perceiving an Object and Its Context in Different Cultures
Large-Scale Psychological Differences Within China Explained by Rice Versus Wheat Agriculture
Individual Differences in Analytic Versus Holistic Thinking
Z-Tree
Differences Between Tight and Loose Cultures
Culture and systems of thought
Educating for a peaceful world
Trust Building via Risk Taking
Sympathy and Social Order
Accentuate The Positive
Self-Directedness
Thinking about the self influences thinking in general
Social Antecedents of Adult Psychological Functioning
Culture and the self
Attending holistically versus analytically
Weapons as aggression-eliciting stimuli
The Division of Labour in Society
Patterns of individualism and collectivism across the United States
Linking social change and developmental change
Does culture influence what and how we think? Effects of priming individualism and collectivism
Social Exchange and Micro Social Order
Paying It Forward and Getting It Back
Interdependent Construal of Self and the Endorsement of Conflict Resolution Strategies in Interpersonal, Intergroup, and International Disputes
Building Solidarity through Generalized Exchange
Occupational Self-Direction, Intellectual Functioning, and Self-Directed Orientation in Older Workers
Face and Favor
Risk and Trust in Social Exchange
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |