Cultural Sharing in a Global Village: Evidence for Extracultural Cognition in European Americans

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 742-760

  Alter, Adam L ^a   Kwan, Virginia S Y ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; globalization; judgment and decision making; priming; symbol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ASSOCIATION; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SYMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CUES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 65349149918     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014036     Document Type: Article

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