{"id":19,"date":"2021-06-24T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/chapter\/social-influence\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T17:39:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T22:39:06","slug":"cultural-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/chapter\/cultural-dimensions\/","title":{"raw":"Module 1: Cultural Dimensions","rendered":"Module 1: Cultural Dimensions"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Readings<\/h1>\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 21\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n\r\nBiswas-Diener, R. &amp; Thin, N. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/module1dimensread01culture.pdf\">Culture [PDF]<\/a>. In R. Biswas-Diener &amp; E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/noba.to\/y9xcptqw\">http:\/\/noba.to\/y9xcptqw.<\/a> <span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Copyright \u00a9 2020 by Diener Education Fund. This material is licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/deed.en_US\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nLevine, R. V. (2020).<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/module1dimensread02timeculture.pdf\"> Time and culture [PDF]<\/a>. In R. Biswas-Diener &amp; E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook\r\nseries: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/noba.to\/g6hu2axd\">http:\/\/noba.to\/g6hu2axd<\/a>.\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Copyright \u00a9 2020 by Diener Education Fund. This material is licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/deed.en_US\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Hofstede, G. (2011). <\/span><a style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/module1dimenread03dimensionalizingcultures.pdf\">Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context [PDF]<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1). <\/span><a style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9707\/2307-0919.1014\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9707\/2307-0919.1014<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">. This work is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License<\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nGelfand, M. J., Raver, J. L., Nishli, L. H., Leslie, L. M., Lun, J. .... (2011). Differences between\r\ntight and loose cultures: A 33-nation study. Science, 332, 1100-1104. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1197754\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1197754<\/a>. Available through PsycInfo Database.\r\n<h1>Teaching Materials<\/h1>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"#majorpoints\">Major Points<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/2module01dimensions.pptx\">PowerPoint Presentation [PPT]<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"#videos\">Selected video presentations (choose 1 or 2)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"#critical\">Critical Thinking Questions<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a id=\"majorpoints\"><\/a>Major Points<\/h1>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>About Culture\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Psychology: \u201cCross-cultural\u201d or \u201cCultural\u201d<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Culture \u201cin here\u201d \u201cout there\u201d<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Time Orientation\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Polychronic<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Monochronic<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Communication Information\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>High Context<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Low Context<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Self-Other\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Individualism Collectivism<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Interdependet- Independent<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Power Distance\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Hierarchical<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Non-Hierarchical<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Race\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Genetic? Social?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Human Genome Project<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h1><a id=\"videos\"><\/a>Videos<\/h1>\r\nThe psychology of culture |\u00a0 Fernanco Lanzer | TEDxAuBG (22:23)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rgdRzyCO5Zo\r\n\r\nCreative Commons license <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY- NC -- ND 4.0 International<\/a>\r\n\r\nEverything you always wanted to know about culture | Saba Safdar| TEDxGuelphU (17:35)\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FaOJ71czAGQ\r\n\r\nCreative Commons license <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY- NC -- ND 4.0 International<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe psychology of time | \u00a0Philip Zimbardo (7:07)\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bo4HiVetBd0\r\n\r\nCreative Commons license (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY- NC -- ND 4.0 International<\/a>)\r\n<h1><a id=\"critical\"><\/a>Critical Thinking Questions<\/h1>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Critical Thinking Questions<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Find a current news article about an event or situation in which cultural differences between persons born and educated in different countries may have\u00a0 played a role (there are always several). Which one of the six Hofstede et al. (2010) dimensions is most useful for understanding what was said and done?<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Are there activities where you might benefit from another culture\u2019s approach to time rather than your usual approach? Give an example.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u00a0Is it fair to conclude that some cultural time practices are more advanced than others? That some are healthier than others? Explain.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nCritical thinking questions adapted from:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Hofstede, G. (2011). <\/span><a style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/module1dimenread03dimensionalizingcultures.pdf\">Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context [PDF]<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1). <\/span><a style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9707\/2307-0919.1014\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9707\/2307-0919.1014<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\"><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">. This work is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Biswas-Diener, R. &amp; Thin, N. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/module1dimensread01culture.pdf\">Culture [PDF]<\/a>. In R. Biswas-Diener &amp; E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/noba.to\/y9xcptqw\">http:\/\/noba.to\/y9xcptqw.<\/a> <span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Copyright \u00a9 2020 by Diener Education Fund. This material is licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/deed.en_US\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h1>Readings<\/h1>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 21\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Biswas-Diener, R. &amp; Thin, N. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/module1dimensread01culture.pdf\">Culture [PDF]<\/a>. In R. Biswas-Diener &amp; E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/noba.to\/y9xcptqw\">http:\/\/noba.to\/y9xcptqw.<\/a> <span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Copyright \u00a9 2020 by Diener Education Fund. This material is licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/deed.en_US\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Levine, R. V. (2020).<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/module1dimensread02timeculture.pdf\"> Time and culture [PDF]<\/a>. In R. Biswas-Diener &amp; E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook<br \/>\nseries: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/noba.to\/g6hu2axd\">http:\/\/noba.to\/g6hu2axd<\/a>.\u00a0<span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Copyright \u00a9 2020 by Diener Education Fund. This material is licensed under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/deed.en_US\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Hofstede, G. (2011). <\/span><a style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/module1dimenread03dimensionalizingcultures.pdf\">Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context [PDF]<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1). <\/span><a style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9707\/2307-0919.1014\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9707\/2307-0919.1014<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">. This work is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gelfand, M. J., Raver, J. L., Nishli, L. H., Leslie, L. M., Lun, J. &#8230;. (2011). Differences between<br \/>\ntight and loose cultures: A 33-nation study. Science, 332, 1100-1104. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1197754\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1197754<\/a>. Available through PsycInfo Database.<\/p>\n<h1>Teaching Materials<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#majorpoints\">Major Points<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/2module01dimensions.pptx\">PowerPoint Presentation [PPT]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#videos\">Selected video presentations (choose 1 or 2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#critical\">Critical Thinking Questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a id=\"majorpoints\"><\/a>Major Points<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>About Culture\n<ol>\n<li>Psychology: \u201cCross-cultural\u201d or \u201cCultural\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Culture \u201cin here\u201d \u201cout there\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Time Orientation\n<ol>\n<li>Polychronic<\/li>\n<li>Monochronic<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Communication Information\n<ol>\n<li>High Context<\/li>\n<li>Low Context<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Self-Other\n<ol>\n<li>Individualism Collectivism<\/li>\n<li>Interdependet- Independent<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Power Distance\n<ol>\n<li>Hierarchical<\/li>\n<li>Non-Hierarchical<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Race\n<ol>\n<li>Genetic? Social?<\/li>\n<li>Human Genome Project<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1><a id=\"videos\"><\/a>Videos<\/h1>\n<p>The psychology of culture |\u00a0 Fernanco Lanzer | TEDxAuBG (22:23)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"The psychology of culture | Fernando Lanzer | TEDxAUBG\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rgdRzyCO5Zo?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Creative Commons license <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY- NC &#8212; ND 4.0 International<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everything you always wanted to know about culture | Saba Safdar| TEDxGuelphU (17:35)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-2\" title=\"Everything you always wanted to know about culture | Saba Safdar | TEDxGuelphU\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FaOJ71czAGQ?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Creative Commons license <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY- NC &#8212; ND 4.0 International<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The psychology of time | \u00a0Philip Zimbardo (7:07)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-3\" title=\"Philip Zimbardo: The psychology of time\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bo4HiVetBd0?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Creative Commons license (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY- NC &#8212; ND 4.0 International<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h1><a id=\"critical\"><\/a>Critical Thinking Questions<\/h1>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Critical Thinking Questions<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Find a current news article about an event or situation in which cultural differences between persons born and educated in different countries may have\u00a0 played a role (there are always several). Which one of the six Hofstede et al. (2010) dimensions is most useful for understanding what was said and done?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Are there activities where you might benefit from another culture\u2019s approach to time rather than your usual approach? Give an example.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">\u00a0Is it fair to conclude that some cultural time practices are more advanced than others? That some are healthier than others? Explain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Critical thinking questions adapted from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Hofstede, G. (2011). <\/span><a style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/module1dimenread03dimensionalizingcultures.pdf\">Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context [PDF]<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1). <\/span><a style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9707\/2307-0919.1014\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.9707\/2307-0919.1014<\/a><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\"><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">. This work is licensed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/3.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Biswas-Diener, R. &amp; Thin, N. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/psyc4700psychculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1628\/2021\/06\/module1dimensread01culture.pdf\">Culture [PDF]<\/a>. In R. Biswas-Diener &amp; E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/noba.to\/y9xcptqw\">http:\/\/noba.to\/y9xcptqw.<\/a> <span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 1em;\">Copyright \u00a9 2020 by Diener Education Fund. 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