Social class differences in self, attribution, and attention: Socially expansive individualism of middle-class Americans

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 880-893

  Bowman, Nicholas A ^a   Kitayama, Shinobu ^b   Nisbett, Richard E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Cognition; Independence; Social class; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CULTURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67849084933     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209334782     Document Type: Article

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