Written by:CrashDome9/24/2007
I just finished reading several studies done in regards to individuality versus collectivism of Chinese natives, Chinese immigrants, and European non-immigrants. There was an emerging pattern of difference between immigrants and Chinese natives. The hypothesis stated that Chinese natives were more collectivistic than immigrants and that non-immigrants were the least collectivistic. It was revealed the hypothesis was completely false and there were very interesting patterns. One pattern which I noted was that immigrants were typically more collectivistic than Chinese natives and that a possible reason might be the lack of friends and family in a strange country might induce more collectivistic behavior. Alot of stereotypes are usually based on immigrant perception. This is mostly due to the fact that immigrants are like a first impression for most people. It is not like an entire nation can visit the native areas to deduce stereotypical behavior. Are therefore stereotypes actually based on behavior of a culture shock? is it possible we can form the orgination of most stereotypes to behavior which is not only unrepresentative of native individuals, but also is representative of a cultural response to adaptation?I am not usually involved in cultural behavior or social science like this, so it is merely my thoughts spewing out of my head as I read these articles.Some of the articles I read: Social Values and Self-Disclosure: A Comparison of Chinese Native, Chinese Resident (in U.S.) and North American Spouses by JACKI FITZPATRICK, SHULIANG, DU FENG, DUANE CRAWFORD, GWENDOLYN TSORELL, and BARBARA MORGAN-FLEMING (Journal of Comparitive Family Studies)
I just finished reading several studies done in regards to individuality versus collectivism of Chinese natives, Chinese immigrants, and European non-immigrants. There was an emerging pattern of difference between immigrants and Chinese natives. The hypothesis stated that Chinese natives were more collectivistic than immigrants and that non-immigrants were the least collectivistic. It was revealed the hypothesis was completely false and there were very interesting patterns. One pattern which I noted was that immigrants were typically more collectivistic than Chinese natives and that a possible reason might be the lack of friends and family in a strange country might induce more collectivistic behavior. Alot of stereotypes are usually based on immigrant perception. This is mostly due to the fact that immigrants are like a first impression for most people. It is not like an entire nation can visit the native areas to deduce stereotypical behavior. Are therefore stereotypes actually based on behavior of a culture shock? is it possible we can form the orgination of most stereotypes to behavior which is not only unrepresentative of native individuals, but also is representative of a cultural response to adaptation?
I am not usually involved in cultural behavior or social science like this, so it is merely my thoughts spewing out of my head as I read these articles.
Some of the articles I read:
Social Values and Self-Disclosure: A Comparison of Chinese
Rethinking Culture and Self-Construal: China as a Middle Land by Han Z. Li, Zhi Zhang, Gira Bhatt, and Young-Ok Yum (Journal of Social Psychology)
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