Culture, control, and perception of relationships in the environment

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 943-955

  Ji, Li Jun ^b   Peng, Kaiping ^a   Nisbett, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034184633     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.5.943     Document Type: Article

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