Boundaries of cultural influence: Construct activation as a mechanism for cultural differences in social perception

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 453-464

  Hong, Ying Yi ^a   Benet Martínez, Verónica ^d   Chiu, Chi Yue ^a,b   Morris, Michael W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Graduate School of Business   (United States)

^d Psychology Department ^*

Author keywords

Applicability; Attributions; Biculturalism; Culture and cognition; Group agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038675075     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022103034004005     Document Type: Review

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