Cultural psychologyChapter 9Cognition and perception In a taxomonic categorization strategy, stimuli are grouped according to the perceived similarity of their attributes. They are especially common among Westerners.A thematic categorization strategy holds that stimuli are grouped together on the basis of causal, temporal, or spatial relationships among them. Common in East Asia.Analytic thinking is characterized by a focus on objects and their attributes. Objects are perceived as existing independently from their contexts. They’re understood in terms of their component parts. The attributes that make up objects are used as a basis for categorizing them. A set of fixed abstract rules is used to predict and explain the behaviour of these objects.Holistic thinking is characterized by an orientation to the context as a whole. It is an associative way of thinking, which gives attention to the relationships among objects and among the objects and the surrounding context. Objects are understood in terms of how they relate to the rest of the context, and their behaviour is predicted and explained on the basis of those relationships. It emphasizes knowledge gained through experience rather than the application of fixed abstract rules.The origins of analytic and holistic thinking are argued to arise from the different social experiences people have within individualistic and collectivistic societies. People in collectivistic societies tend to be socialized in relational...
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Cultural psychology by Heine, S. (2015) - a summary
This is a summary of Cultural psychology by Heine. It is an introduction to the psychological processes that play a role in cultures. This book is used in the course 'introduction to cultural psychology' at the UvA.
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