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Post by vannahyazon on May 23, 2016 20:06:31 GMT
In our 1st article, " Neural Basis of Individualistic and Collectivistic Views of Self" by Joan Y. Chiao et al., the topic of discussion is if culture has a direct influence on whether an individual has a more individualistic or collectivistic view of themselves. It's easy to attribute an individual's views or actions to their cultural identity. We often hear, "Oh it's because he's Asian, because she's Mexican, because they're White." But how much does being that culture influence if a person is individualistic or collectivistic? "Here, we provide direct evidence that the cultural values of individualism and collectivism influ-ence neural mechanisms underlying the self (Chiao)." This means that it is not being the culutre, but rather the values that the culture itself holds that influence the individuals views and actions. In other words, "par-ticipants’ cultural values (eg, individualism or collecti-vism), and not necessarily their cultural affiliation (eg,being Caucasian-American or native Japanese) (Chiao)." 1ST QUESTION: Does it make sense for it to be values that influence not just being that culture? Why or why not?
"The current findings contribute to a growing body of cultural neuro-science research illustrating how functional brain imaging can provide insights into how variation in cultural values may guide the functioning of neural circuitry critical to self-knowledge and self-relevant processes... [such as] the extent to which a person thinks of him or her-self as autonomous of others and his or her environment,or defined by their social context and relationships. (Chiao)" This means that values can and may be affecting more aspects of ourselves than just individualism and collectivism.
2ND QUESTION: What other aspects of ourselves do you think may be influenced by culture? (be specific to yourself if wanted) This is a map of the United States in which each state refers to the state that influences them the most culturally and economically. The funny thing is some states (A) believe that others (B) affect them but those states (B) something don't think the states (A) influence them at all. This brings up the topic of a hierarchy of influence and what does it mean for culture to be similar/share values or for culture to influence. 3RD QUESTION: What does is mean for culture to influence? (That it's similar? That it influence values?)
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Post by larissa on May 24, 2016 5:16:18 GMT
I think to some extent we are influenced by our culture however, it also varies from person to person. I know that sometimes, being a fist generation American can hinder your cultural ties because you have becoming assimilated into "American culture". I have seen this a lot with some of my friends whom cannot really identify with Mexican culture since they do not speak Spanish or are not fond of traditional foods. In these situations, it could be that the cultural affiliation does not have much impact on the self or if it does, it just makes them feel unconnected to their background.
I believe that culture may also affect ourselves through affecting the parent-child relationships as well as our beliefs.
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Post by vannahyazon on May 25, 2016 20:22:25 GMT
I think to some extent we are influenced by our culture however, it also varies from person to person. I know that sometimes, being a fist generation American can hinder your cultural ties because you have becoming assimilated into "American culture". I have seen this a lot with some of my friends whom cannot really identify with Mexican culture since they do not speak Spanish or are not fond of traditional foods. In these situations, it could be that the cultural affiliation does not have much impact on the self or if it does, it just makes them feel unconnected to their background. I believe that culture may also affect ourselves through affecting the parent-child relationships as well as our beliefs. I agree to everything you're saying because it's the same with this Filipino generation as well. In my opinion there definitely is a correlation between how much you feel you are that culture in general. So I do believe the more you feel you are that culture, the more it can influence you. And I would assume that is directly correlated to how our parents align with the cultural identity and have passed it down to us! |
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Post by petekk on May 29, 2016 8:19:41 GMT
This is not 100% related but when you said that how much you think you belong to a culture affects how much the culture influences you values I thought of something I learned in a class about the psychology of racism. They were measuring the effects of stereotypes on individuals and found out that stereotypes perpetuate themselves. For example African Americans who were implicitly told that African Americans were worse at math than Asians tend to perform worse in an academic test than the ones that were;t told the same thing. The same applies for white people's athletic abilities etc.
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