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Individual Differences in Analytic Versus Holistic Thinking
- Incheol Choi, Minkyung Koo, Jong An Choi
- Psychology, Medicine
- Personality & social psychology bulletin
- 17 April 2007
The authors constructed the Analysis-Holism Scale (AHS) to measure analytic versus holistic thinking tendency. In Study 1, using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, a 24-item scale was… Expand
It's a wonderful life: mentally subtracting positive events improves people's affective states, contrary to their affective forecasts.
- Minkyung Koo, Sara B. Algoe, T. Wilson, D. Gilbert
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 November 2008
The authors hypothesized that thinking about the absence of a positive event from one's life would improve affective states more than thinking about the presence of a positive event but that people… Expand
Residential mobility breeds familiarity-seeking.
- S. Oishi, F. F. Miao, Minkyung Koo, Jason Kisling, Kate A Ratliff
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 2012
Why are American landscapes (e.g., housing developments, shopping malls) so uniform, despite the well-known American penchant for independence and uniqueness? We propose that this paradox can be… Expand
Need for cognitive closure and information search strategy
- Jong An Choi, Minkyung Koo, Incheol Choi, Seigyoung Auh
- Psychology
- 1 November 2008
The authors investigated whether need for cognitive closure (NFCC) affected one's style of information search (attribute-based search vs. alternative-based search) in consumer choice. There has been… Expand
Culture, Interpersonal Perceptions, and Happiness in Social Interactions
- S. Oishi, Minkyung Koo, Sharon A. Akimoto
- Psychology, Medicine
- Personality & social psychology bulletin
- 1 March 2008
The authors examined cultural differences in interpersonal processes associated with happiness felt in social interactions. In a false feedback experiment (Study 1a), they found that European… Expand
Conserving Energy by Inducing People to Drive Less
- J. Graham, Minkyung Koo, T. Wilson
- Psychology
- 2011
We attempted to reduce college students' use of their cars with an online intervention. Every other day for 2 weeks, students reported the number of miles they had avoided driving. In a 2 × 2 design,… Expand
Becoming a Holistic Thinker: Training Effect of Oriental Medicine on Reasoning
- Minkyung Koo, Incheol Choi
- Psychology, Medicine
- Personality & social psychology bulletin
- 1 September 2005
The authors hypothesized that training in Oriental medicine would make students think in a more holistic way. Study 1 found that students of Oriental medicine exhibited a cyclic expectation of future… Expand
Was he happy? Cultural difference in conceptions of Jesus
- S. Oishi, Kyoung Ok Seol, Minkyung Koo, F. F. Miao
- Psychology
- 1 February 2011
Abstract In two studies, we examined whether (a) conceptions of Jesus would differ between Koreans and Americans, and whether (b) national differences in self-reported personality and well-being are… Expand
False Memory and the Associative Network of Happiness
- Minkyung Koo, S. Oishi
- Psychology, Medicine
- Personality & social psychology bulletin
- 1 February 2009
This research examines the relationship between individuals' levels of life satisfaction and their associative networks of happiness. Study 1 measured European Americans' degree of false memory of… Expand