cultural blindness
the disbelief, that research findings that seem to be true for one culture are generalisable to the worlds population.
Perceptual differences
Experiment with the two or three dimensional picture. Depending on the educational level of the participants they either see a two or three dimensional picture.
Differences in reasoning in East and West
- western cultures reason more analytically and have either a right or a wrong answer to the question
- eastern cultures reason more holistically. In discussions about a topic they are more likely to chose a middle ground and no right or wrong to solve a problem.
differences in the social brain network
Which areas are activated when talking to others ?
Social brain network in the east :
- inference of other minds, self control, social perception, emotion regulation
Social brain-network in the west :
- self reflection on the own emotional processes
- empathy for the emotional processes of others.
Dopamine System Genes and Cultural Acquisition
Gene cultural co evolution:
- the genes coevolve with culture
- DRD4 gene, Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene
This gene did develop differently in Eastern and Western cultures and due to the gene culture co evolution.
- the higher the Dopamine variants of DRD4. Do show a higher social orientation for their respective culture.
–> more norm obedience to the given culture
Some people are genetically predisposed to be more sensitive for cultural norms.
