Culture and Causal Cognition

@article{Norenzayan2000CultureAC,
  title={Culture and Causal Cognition},
  author={Ara Norenzayan and Richard E. Nisbett},
  journal={Current Directions in Psychological Science},
  year={2000},
  volume={9},
  pages={132 - 135}
}
East Asian and American causal reasoning differs significantly. East Asians understand behavior in terms of complex interactions between dispositions of the person or other object and contextual factors, whereas Americans often view social behavior primarily as the direct unfolding of dispositions. These culturally differing causal theories seem to be rooted in more pervasive, culture-specific mentalities in East Asia and the West. The Western mentality is analytic, focusing attention on the… 
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