East and West [videorecording] / Presented by EBS ; presented by Korea Educational Broadcast System ; chief producer, produced and directed by Lee, Jeong-Ook ; written by Kim, Myung-jin.
This disc may not play on all machines or players. Narrator, Michael Irwin ; features comments by Richard Nisbett, Dov Cohen, Hazel Markus, Mark Lepper, Ed Diener, Sharon Shavitt, Incheol Choi, Kaiping Peng, Matsumi Imai, Denise Park, William Maddux, Takahiko Masuda, Shinobu Kitayama. "In this documentary we are using 'East' to refer to Korea, Japan and China, and 'West' to refer to the U.S., Canada, and the U.K."-- Disclaimer from program.
Contents:
[Disc 1] Episode 1. Westerners see nouns, Easterners see verbs (46 min.) -- [Disc 2] Episode 2. Westerners want to see, Easterners want to be (44 min.).
Summary:
"Through careful studies conducted in the U.S., U.K. and East Asia, researchers came to the surprising conclusion that in many aspects, people from the 'East' and people from the 'West' think in diametrically opposite ways. Scientists determined that cultural differences trump theories that the brain's thought processes operate in much the same manner for all people. As cultures and economies become more interwoven, it is increasingly important to understand these differences and how they might affect communication and negotiations in both social and business settings."--Container.
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