Describing the social world: How is a person, a group, and a relationship described in the East and the West?

Article Abstract:

Koreans and Australians are asked to describe three types of social targets, person (self and friends), group (one's and friend's family), and relationship (one's and friend's relationship), to verify the cross-cultural research on person description that shows that Westerners are more likely to describe both self and the other by personality trait words than East Asians. It is found that English speakers use more objectifying descriptions than Korean speakers for description at individual, interpersonal or group level.

South Korea, Australia, Science & research, Public affairs, Psychological aspects, Personality, Australians, Koreans, Personality traits

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Perceptions of general variability of social groups

Article Abstract:

A study on the perceptions of general variability of social groups presents a model of perceived general variability, alternatively called the dual predictor model. According to this model, perceived group variability is a function of similarity and difference of the members of the group. Results from an experiment seeking to validate the model indicates that the greater the perceived difference among group members, the greater their variability.

Models, Social groups, Intergroup relations

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The reproduction of culture: communication processes tend to maintain cultural stereotypes

Article Abstract:

Research presented concerns the relationship between human cognition and culture, focusing on how communication processes relate to the maintenance of cultural stereotypes. A study of the changes that occur to a story when it is transmitted between individuals reveals that stereotype-consistent information is more likely to be passed along than stereotype-inconsistent information.

Statistical Data Included, Communications, Culture, Stereotype (Psychology), Stereotypes (Psychology), Communication and culture

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