Preferences versus strategies as explanations for culture-specific behavior

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 579-584

  Yamagishi, Toshio ^a   Hashimoto, Hirofumi ^a   Schug, Joanna ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MICHIGAN; MOTIVATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; STUDENTS;

EID: 44949211579     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02126.x     Document Type: Article

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