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Conversational Game Across Cultures

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21730488
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Social psychology
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

YEUNG WaiLanVictoria  Hokkaido University, 社会科学実験研究センター, 博士研究員 (90507146)

Project Period (FY) 2009 – 2010
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywordscross-cultural psychology / indirectness / communicative strategy / Cross-cultural study / relational mobility / Indirectness / cross-cultural differences / communication / speech act
Research Abstract

The goal of this research is twofold. First, to empirically demonstrate a cultural difference in linguistic expressions between people with East-Asian cultural background and Western cultural background ; second, to examine the mechanism that underlies such cultural difference. Past research and theoretical arguments tend to suggest that East-Asians are more likely to express in an indirect manner, while Westerners are more likely to express in a more direct manner. We conducted three cross-cultural studies comparing how people from a western culture, Americans, and an East-Asian culture, Japanese, might express themselves in a different manner in terms of directness, and we explored the reasons behind such cultural differences. Our empirical data from the three studies are contradictory to the popular observations and that of the past psycholinguistic theories. Basically, our data showed that Japanese were more likely to use direct expressions than Americans, and Americans were more likely to use indirect expressions than Japanese. Our results also showed that such cultural difference was due to that Americans had a strong motivation to extend their social network.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2010 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2009 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2011 2010 Other

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Culture and Stereotype Communication : Are people from Eastern cultures more stereotypical in communication?2011

    • Author(s)
      Yeung, W.L.V., Kashima, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology in press.

    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Culture and Stereotype Communication : Are people from Eastern cultures more stereotypical in communication?2011

    • Author(s)
      Yeung, W.L.V., Kashima, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

      Volume: (印刷中 In press)

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Americans find it easier to speak directly andJapanese find it easier to speak indirectly?2010

    • Author(s)
      Yeung, W.L.V., Yuki, M., Chao,M.
    • Journal Title

      Center for Experimental Research in Socia 1 Sciences, Working paper series

    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Universal biases in self-perception : Better and more human than average.2010

    • Author(s)
      Loughnan, S., Leidner, B., Doron, G., Haslam, N., Kashima, Y., Tong, J., Yeung W.L.V.
    • Journal Title

      British Journal of Social Psychology 49

      Pages: 627-636

    • Related Report
      2010 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Universal biases in self-perception : Better and more human than average.2010

    • Author(s)
      Loughnan, S., Leidner, B., Doron, G., Haslam, N., Kashima, Y., Tong, J., Yeung W.L.V.
    • Journal Title

      British Journal of Social Psychology

      Volume: 49 Pages: 627-636

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Do Americans find it easier to speak directly and Japanese find it easier to speak indirectly?2010

    • Author(s)
      Yeung, W.L.V., Yuki, M., Chao, M.
    • Journal Title

      Center for Experimental Research in Social Sciences, Working paper series

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://lynx.let.hokudai.ac.jp/cerss/index.html

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://lynx.let.hokudai.ac.jp/cerss/index.html

    • Related Report
      2009 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2009-04-01   Modified: 2021-04-07  

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