Collectivism v. Individualism: A Reconceptualisation of a Basic Concept in Cross-cultural Social Psychology

1988 ◽  
pp. 60-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Triandis
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Cross Cultural

Altérité et identité vues par le psycho-sociologue

1971 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-373
Author(s):  
Abraham A. Moles ◽  
Tamar Grunewald
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Cultural Study ◽  
Jewish Identity ◽  
Configuration Space ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Affective Meaning ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Semantic Differential Technique

The paper gives the theoretical background of a Cross- Cultural Study carried out in the Institute of Social Psychology in Strasbourg. If the fact that Jews are different is an objective one, there must be observable differences in their attitudes and especially in those covert attitudes : the affective meaning of the language in which we express our thoughts. Using the Semantic Differential technique, Jews and Non- Jews were given the same list of concepts to evaluate with the help of descriptive scales. The analysis of the data provides evidence of the relevant concepts for which the variable Jew/ Non-Jew is determinative, independently from other variables, thus demonstrating the existence of a Jewish specifisity. If the same phenomenon can be observed cross-culturally, we can speak of a Jewish identity. Using a couple of other techniques which enable us to identify some constants, each of them being a dimension of a configuration space, we could locate the test subjects (J, J, J,... Jn for Jews and NJ, NJ, NJ,... NJ n for Non-Jews) and then measure the distance between the two main clusters, which we identify as the Judaicity factor.

scholarly journals Comparative quantitative study on national identity in contemporary social psychology

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 22-31
Author(s):  
M.S. Fabrykant
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
National Identity ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Cross National

The article presents a review of quantitative comparative cross-cultural studies on national identity conducted by psychologists during the last two decades. It considers the relation of theoretical and methodological grounds of these studies with the general agenda of the contemporary social psychology, interdisciplinary studies on nations and nationalism, and empirical resources of cross-national surveys. The relevant publications demonstrate the prevalence of descriptive approach in psychological studies, while sociology and political science mostly use the explanatory research approach on factors affecting the national identity. Nevertheless, the explanatory research results reveal the underestimated cross-cultural variability of correlations between national identity components and the correspondence of these components to essentially different cognitive mechanisms. To fulfil the potential of their discipline, cross-cultural psychologists studying national identity should explore relations of national identity with basic values and attitudes with paying a special attention to cross-level interaction effects and social dynamics.

Interrelationships of Personal Values: A Moderated Mediation Analysis Based on Gender and Age

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-94
Author(s):  
Людмила Романюк
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural Psychology ◽  
New York ◽  
Cultural Psychology ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Theory Of Action ◽  
Social Psychology Bulletin ◽  
Value Priorities ◽  
And Gender

The present study describes ten personal values expressed by men and women from two countries, and it explores the relationships between two opposing values, Achievement and Benevolence, specifying Stimulation as a mediator between them. It is further explored whether such a mediation model could be further qualified by age and Gender as moderators. The 40-item Portraits Values Questionnaire (PVQ), measuring ten basic values, was administered to 1,000 young adults from two countries. Hierarchical regression methods were applied to examine mediation and moderation mechanisms.Minor gender and country differences emerged for some of the ten basic values. An indirect relationship among the three selected values was identified. Stimulation was found to operate as a mediator between achievement and benevolence. A conditional process model was established with Gender moderating the Achievement – Stimulation path (men had a steeper slope than women), whereas age moderated the Stimulation – Benevolence path (younger individuals had a steeper slope than older ones). Gender also moderated the Achievement – Benevolence path (men had a steeper slope than women). For men, the association between achievement and stimulation was stronger than for women. For the younger persons, the association between stimulation and benevolence was stronger than for older ones. For women, the level of benevolence was independent of their achievement level. The present analyses shed new light on indirect and differential associations among personal values, adding a novel perspective to research on cognitive mechanisms involved in the ten basic values’ becoming. References Bardi, A., & Schwartz, S.H. (2003). Values and behaviour: Strength and structure of relations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29(10), 1207–1220. Berlyne, D. Conflict, arousal and curiosity. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1960. Burgoyne, C.B. & Lea, S.E.G. (2006). Money is material. Science, 314(5802), 1091–1092. Hayes A. (2013). Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: a regression-based approach. New York: Guilford Press. Kluckhohn, C. (1951). Values and value-orientations in the theory of action: An exploration in definition and classification. In: Toward a General Theory of Action, (pp. 388-433). T. Parsons & E. Shils (Eds.), Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Korman, A. (1974). The Psychology of Motivation. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Maio, G. R., Hahn, U., Frost, J., & Cheung, W. (2009). Applying the value of equality unequally: Effects of value instantiations that vary in typicality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(4), 598–614. Maio, G.R., Pakizeh, A., Cheung, W.Y. & Rees, K.J. (2009). Changing, priming, and acting on values: effects via motivational relations in a circular model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(4), 699–715. Maslow, A.H. (1965). Eupsychian management. Homewood, IL: Dorsey. Parks-Leduc, L., Feldman, G., & Bardi, A. (2015). Personality traits and personal values: A meta-analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 19(1) 3–29. Parsons, T. & Bales, R. F. (1953). Family, Socialization, and Interaction Process. Glencoe: Free Press.Prince-Gibson, E., & Schwartz, S. H. (1998). Value priorities and gender. Social Psychology Quarterly, 61, 49-67. Schwartz, S. H. (1992). Universals in the content and structure of values: Theoretical advances and empirical tests in 20 countries. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 25, 1-65. Schwartz, S. H. & Sagiv, L. (2000). Value Priorities and Subjective Well-Being: Direct Relations and Congruity Effects. European Journal of Social Psychology, 30, 177-198. Schwartz, S. H., Melech, G., Lehmann, A., Burgess, S., Harris, M., & Owens, V. (2001). Extending the cross-cultural validity of the theory of basic human values with a different method of measurement. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 32, 519-542. Vohs, K.D., Mead, N.L. & Goode, M.R. (2006). The psychological consequences of money. Science, 314 (5802), 1154–1156. Wade, M.D., Liu, L.A. & Vacek, J. (2011). Values and Upward Influence Strategies in Transition: Evidence From the Czech Republic. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42 (2), 288–306.

The Cross-Cultural Challenge to Social Psychology.

1990 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 891
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Wright ◽  
Michael Harris Bond
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Cross
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