preparations for 07 October session
Read these
Nisbett, R. E. (2004). The geography of thought: How Asians and Westerners think differently – and why. New York: Free Press.
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And if the Nature of Thought Is Not Everywhere the Same?:
Implications for Psychology, Philosophy, Education, and Everyday Life,
p. 191 through 217 -
The End of Psychology or the Clash of Mentalities?:
The Longevity of Differences,
p. 219 through 229
Think about these issues
When confronted with two apparently contradictory propositions, Americans tended to polarize their beliefs ...
... the "right/wrong" mentality of the West in contrast to the "both/and" orientation of the East ...
It is the Abrahamic religions that have been so inclined to religious warfare.
How do you fit into this set of descriptors?
... cognitive differences are inseparable from the social and motivational ones. People hold the beliefs they do because of the way they then and they think the way they do because of the nature of the societies they live in.
True?
If true, what can we do with this observation?
If not true, where is it deficient and why?
The two Western vices of separation of form and content and the insistence on logical approaches ...
"Vices"???
Do you agree with that? Would you not see them as strengths instead of vices?
... the results are strongly suggestive that cognitive process can be modified by dint of merely living for a time in another culture.
What is your plan for next summer?