The construction of cross-cultural model on the development of automatic person perception: Exploring differences between Japan and U.S.

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380868
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Saitama University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMIZU Yuki 埼玉大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (30377006)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 自発的特性推論 / 対人認知 / 自動的課程 / 統制的課程 / 認知発達 / 比較文化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated cultural variations in spontaneous (unintended and unconscious) trait inference (STI) by comparing Japanese participants with North American participants. Results indicate that 1) STIs occurred among both American and Japanese participants, 2) STIs were more frequent and more automatic among American than among Japanese participants, and 3) North Americans showed more STIs than spontaneous situation inferences (SSIs), whereas Japanese showed both STIs and SSIs equally.
These results were analyzed based on cultural psychological theories such as thinking style and attribution style, and integrated in a theoretical model that depicts the universal and culture-specific natures of STIs. The results were published in some international journals.

Free Research Field

社会的認知，文化心理学，認知発達