Stuart,
Don't you know that asking for references in very Eurocentric of
you!!!!!! Though it's probably not as categorical as Michael makes
it sound, there is cross-cultural research showing that, by
adulthood, those of us in individualistic cultures make more
attributions to dispositions than those of us in interdependent
cultures. For example, adults from the United States adults
explained deviant behaviors using dispositions (45% of the time) more
than context (14%). Adults from India explained the same deviant
behaviors using context (32%) more than dispositions (14%). The same
pattern was true for pro-social behaviors but not as strongly (35% vs
22% attributions to disposition in US and India respectively).
What's most fascinating (at least to me as a developmental
psychologist) is that children at 8 and 11 years of age, answered
similarly across cultures. Here's the reference:
Miller, J. G. (1984). Culture and the development of everyday
social explanation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46
(5), 961-978
Best wishes,
Kevin
http://www.DevPsy.org/
On Mar 18, 2008, at 9:09 AM, Stuart McKelvie wrote:
"The FAE only exusts in Eurocentric individualistic cultures.It is
rare
in
collectivist cultures.
Michael"
Academic reference, please.
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