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Individual Differences in Western and Chinese Culture Groups

Fan, Gaojie
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4352-5806
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1461755665

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2016, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Previous studies on human cognition show that people with different cultural backgrounds may differ in various ways. However, there are other unexplored possibilities for cultural differences including degree of handedness thought to reflect hemispheric coordination, reliance on verbal versus visual representation in problem solving, and working memory capacity both spatial and operational. We assessed each of these using the Edinburgh scale, a validated scale of style of processing, and two automatic working memory span tasks. Participants were either native Chinese students (who spoke Mandarin) or American students. Data were analyzed using a 2 culture group x 2 gender MANOVA. Culture impacted the set of measures (p < .05) but gender did not (p = .07) and these factors did not interact (p = .23). We also examined the pattern of correlations among the measures across the two groups and found differences due to cultural group as well. For example, visual scores from style of processing scale correlated with both working memory span tasks in the Western group but do not correlate with either in the Chinese group. A followed exploratory factor analysis also showed different latent variable patterns in the two cultural groups.
Robin Thomas (Advisor)
Vrinda Kalia (Committee Member)
Peter Wessels (Committee Member)
58 p.
Cognitive Psychology; Psychology
handedness; style of processing; working memory capacity; cultural differences; culture; individual difference

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  • Fan, G. (2016). Individual Differences in Western and Chinese Culture Groups [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1461755665

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fan, Gaojie. Individual Differences in Western and Chinese Culture Groups. 2016. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1461755665.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fan, Gaojie. "Individual Differences in Western and Chinese Culture Groups." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1461755665

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