Individual Pride and Collective Pride: Differences Between Chinese and American Corpora

This study investigated cross-cultural differences in individual pride and collective pride between Chinese and Americans using data from text corpora. We found higher absolute frequencies of pride items in the American corpus than in the Chinese corpus. Cross-cultural differences were found for relative frequencies of different types of pride, and some of them depended on the genre of the text corpora. For both blogs and news genres, Americans showed higher frequencies of individual pride items and lower frequencies of relational pride items than did their Chinese counterparts. Cross-cultural differences in national pride, however, depended on the genre: Chinese news genre included more national pride items than its American counterpart, but the opposite was true for the blog genre. We discuss the implications of these results in relation to the existing literature (based on surveys and laboratory-based experiments) on cultural differences in individual pride and collective pride.

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Strong Brand From Consumers’ Perspective: A Cross-Cultural Study

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology ◽

10.1177/0022022118799456 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 116-129 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chenchen Li ◽

Dongmei Li ◽

Chi-Yue Chiu ◽

Siqing Peng

Keyword(s):

Cultural Differences ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

The United States ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Chinese Consumers ◽

Brand Strength ◽

Strength Evaluation ◽

Cross Cultural Differences ◽

Cross Cultural Study ◽

Using Data

The present research investigates cross-cultural differences in the characteristics associated with brand strength evaluation and the mechanism underlying these cultural differences. Using data from the United States and China, we found that American consumers judge brands with personal characteristics to be stronger than those with relational characteristics, while Chinese consumers show a reversed pattern. Furthermore, cultural differences in brand strength evaluation were salient only when consumers rated brands that were connected with their self-concepts, suggesting that cultural differences in brand strength evaluation ensue from consumers’ internalized preferences. Our findings have theoretical and practical implications for branding management and understanding the mechanism through which culture influences individual behaviors.

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Disease threat does not predict attractiveness preference in a United Kingdom dataset: a replication attempt and commentary on White et al., Psych Sci 2013

10.7287/peerj.preprints.804v1 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Gustav Nilsonne ◽

Adam Renberg ◽

Sandra Tamm ◽

Mats Lekander

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Disease Burden ◽

Congressional Elections ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Self Rated Health ◽

Cross Cultural Differences ◽

Members Of Parliament ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Using Data

Background: A study by White et al. found that population disease burden predicted preference for attractive politicians in U.S. congressional elections. Aim: We aimed to replicate this finding using data from the United Kingdom. Method: We regressed rated sexiness of elected members of parliament on health metrics from their constituencies: life expectancy, infant mortality, and self-rated health. Results: None of the health metrics predicted rated sexiness of members of parliament. Conclusion: Further investigation is needed to verify whether the proposed relationship is important and whether it is moderated by other factors such as cross-cultural differences.

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Disease threat does not predict attractiveness preference in a United Kingdom dataset: a replication attempt and commentary on White et al., Psych Sci 2013

10.7287/peerj.preprints.804 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Gustav Nilsonne ◽

Adam Renberg ◽

Sandra Tamm ◽

Mats Lekander

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Disease Burden ◽

Congressional Elections ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Self Rated Health ◽

Cross Cultural Differences ◽

Members Of Parliament ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Using Data

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Cognitive gadgets: A provocative but flawed manifesto

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19001134 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marco Del Giudice

Keyword(s):

Theory Of Mind ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Twin Studies ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Evolutionary Approach ◽

Genetic Inheritance ◽

Double Standards ◽

Cross Cultural Differences ◽

Cherry Picking ◽

Dichotomous Thinking

Abstract The argument against innatism at the heart of Cognitive Gadgets is provocative but premature, and is vitiated by dichotomous thinking, interpretive double standards, and evidence cherry-picking. I illustrate my criticism by addressing the heritability of imitation and mindreading, the relevance of twin studies, and the meaning of cross-cultural differences in theory of mind development. Reaching an integrative understanding of genetic inheritance, plasticity, and learning is a formidable task that demands a more nuanced evolutionary approach.

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