What is dialectical thinking? conceptualization and measurement / Julie Spencer-Rodgers, Elise Anderson, Christine Ma-Kellams, Carol Wang, Kaiping Peng -- The epistemology of yin-yang balancing as the root of chinese cultural traditions : the indigenous features and geocentric implications / Peter Ping Li -- Culture and lay theories of change / Ning Zhang, Li-Jun Ji, and Tieyuan Guo -- Analytic versus holistic cognition : constructs and measurement / Minkyung Koo, Jong An Choi, and Incheol Choi -- Dialecticism across the lifespan : towards a deeper understanding of the ontogenetic and cultural factors influencing dialectical thinking and emotional experience / Igor Grossman -- The cultural neuroscience of holistic thinking / Bobby K. Cheon, Ronxiang Tang, Joan Y. Chiao, and Yi-Yuan Tang -- Judging the world dialectically vs. non-dialectically : cultural variations in online decision-making processes / Takahiko Masuda, Liman Man Wai Li, and Matthew J. Russell -- Contextualization of mental representations and evaluative responses : a theory-based analysis of cultural differences / Yang Ye and Bertram Gawronski -- Dialectical thinking and creativity from many perspectives : contradiction and tension / Susannah B.F. Paletz, Kyle Bogue, Ella Miron-Spektor, and Julie Spencer-Rodgers -- Dialectical thinking and its influence in the world : a new perspective on East Asians' control orientations / Joonha Park, Susumu Yamaguchi, Takafumi Sawaumi, and Hiroaki Morio -- Entitativity perceptions of individuals and groups across cultures / Saori Tsukamoto, Yoshihisa Kashima, Nick Haslam, Elise Holland, and Minoru Karasawa -- Dialecticism in close relationships and marriage / Susan E. Cross and Ben C.P. Lam -- The yin and yang of attitudes and related constructs : dialectical and holistic influences / Christine Ma-Kellams, Julie Spencer-Rodgers, and Kaiping Peng -- The dialectical self : the internal consistency, cross-situational consistency, and temporal stability of self-conception / Sylvia Xiaohua Chen, Julie Spencer-Rodgers, and Kaiping Peng -- Dialecticism and the future self in cultural contexts : relations to well-being / Qi Wang, Yubo Hou, and Tracy Gould -- Contextual and cultural factors influencing malleable racial identity / Julie A. Garcia, Diana T. Sanchez, and Margaret Shih -- When in Rome think like a Roman : empirical evidence and implications of temporarily adopting dialectical thinking / Ashley M. Votruba and Virginia S.Y. Kwan -- Dialectical emotions / Brooke Wilken and Yuri Miyamoto -- Dialecticism and mental health : toward a yin-yang vision of well-being / Y. Joel Wong and Tao Liu -- The yin/yang of stress : the link between dialectical thinking and coping processes / Hi-Po Bobo Lau and Cecilia Cheng -- Dialectical thinking and attitudes toward action/inaction beyond East Asia / Ethan Zell, Rong Su, and Dolores Albarracín.
Summary:
The unprecedented economic growth in many East Asian societies in the few past decades have placed the region center stage, and increasing globalization have made East-West cultural understanding of even greater importance today. This book is the most comprehensive on East Asian cognition and thinking styles to date, and is the first to bring together a large body of empirical research on "naïve dialecticism" (Peng & Nisbett, 1999; Peng, Spencer-Rodgers, & Nian, 2006) and "analytic/holistic thinking" (Nisbett, 2003), theories in cultural psychology that stem from Richard Nisbett's (2003) highly influential and successful book on The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently ... and Why. More specifically, the current book examines the psychological, philosophical, and cultural underpinnings and consequences of "dialectical thinking" (Peng & Nisbett, 1999) and cognitive holism (Nisbett, 2003) for human thought, emotion, and behaviour. Since the publication of Peng and Nisbett's (1999) seminal article, research on this topic has flourished, and East-West cultural differences have been documented in almost all aspects of the human condition and life, from the manner in which people reason and make decisions, conceptualize themselves and others, to how they cope with stress and mental illness, and interact with others, including romantic partners and social groups. Twenty-one chapters written by leading experts in psychology and related fields cover such diverse topics as cultural neuroscience and the brain, lifespan development, attitudes and group perception, romantic relationships, extracultural cognition (the adoption of foreign mind-sets and perspectives), creativity, emotion, the self-concept, racial/ethnic identity, psychopathology, and coping processes and wellbeing. This research has practical implications for business and organizational management, international relations and politics, education, and clinical and counselling psychology, and may be of particular interest to business professionals, managers in government and non-profit sectors, as well as educators and clinicians working with East Asians and Americans of East Asian descent.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.