Toward a social psychology of globalization
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address the questions of how people make sense of and respond to globalization and its sociocultural ramifications; how people defend the integrity of their heritage cultural identities against the "culturally erosive" effects of globalization, and how individuals harness creative insights from their interactions with global cultures.
Abstract: In most parts of the world, globalization has become an unstoppable and potent force that impacts everyday life and international relations. The articles in this issue draw on theoretical insights from diverse perspectives (clinical psychology, consumer research, organizational behavior, political psychology, and cultural psychology) to offer nuanced understanding of individuals’ psychological reactions to globalization in different parts of the world (Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Mainland China, Singapore, Switzerland, United States, Taiwan). These articles address the questions of how people make sense of and respond to globalization and its sociocultural ramifications; how people defend the integrity of their heritage cultural identities against the “culturally erosive” effects of globalization, and how individuals harness creative insights from their interactions with global cultures. The new theoretical insights and revealing empirical analyses presented in this issue set the stage for an emergent interdisciplinary inquiry into the psychology of globalization.
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TL;DR: The authors examined the conditions that govern integrative and exclusionary reactions to cultural hybrid products with sufficient detail within an emerging market setting, and found that the conditions for cultural hybrid product integration and exclusion are different in different contexts.
Abstract: The extant literature has not examined the conditions that govern integrative and exclusionary reactions to cultural hybrid products with sufficient detail. Within an emerging-market setting, this ...
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...2011), which can result from concerns of cultural erosion or even cultural contamination (Chiu et al. 2011; Torelli et al. 2011)....
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...Another is an antagonistic consumer attitude toward CMSPs, also referred to as an exclusionary reaction (Torelli et al. 2011), which can result from concerns of cultural erosion or even cultural contamination (Chiu et al. 2011; Torelli et al. 2011)....
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...Consumer reactions thus can be viewed as “emotional, reflexive responses evoked by perceived threats to the integrity and vitality of one’s heritage culture” (Chiu et al. 2011, p. 667)....
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...One is a positive consumer attitude, such as enhanced perception of product creativity, resulting from integrative responses (e.g., Chiu et al. 2011; Peng and Xie 2016)....
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TL;DR: The authors examined the effect of making similarity or difference comparisons on perceptions after bicultural exposure and consumer reactions to culture mixing, and found that after biculescu exposure, consumers were more likely to compare similarities and differences.
Abstract: This research examines the effect of making similarity or difference comparisons on perceptions after bicultural exposure and consumer reactions to culture mixing. Results indicate that after bicul...
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...For example, Starbucks Coffee’s moon cake fuses together the traditional Chinese symbol of moon cakes and the Western symbol of coffee, and Disneyland’s Yin-yang Mickey Mouse mixes the Yin-yang symbol from Chinese culture and Mickey Mouse from American popular culture (Chiu et al., 2011)....
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that adequately responding to the ethical and identity challenges presented by globalization requires having Global Consciousness: a knowledge of both the interconnectedness and difference of humankind, and a will to take moral actions in a reflexive manner on its behalf.
Abstract: Globalization has brought people around the world closer together in ways that have created greater uncertainty in their identity politics. This has sometimes strengthened local identities, despite attempts to create ‘universal’ forms of identity that impose one standard of appropriate conduct in the face of difference. Drawing from Dialogical Self Theory and from cosmopolitanism, we propose that adequately responding to the ethical and identity challenges presented by globalization requires having Global Consciousness: “a knowledge of both the interconnectedness and difference of humankind, and a will to take moral actions in a reflexive manner on its behalf”. We argue that this approach can ground a distinctively normative psychology of globalization. We consider negative and positive aspects of the golden rule in equal and close relationships, and benevolence in unequal power relationships as behaviour guides for global consciousness, and theorize about institutional leadership that supports the provision of public goods. We offer empirical tests of this approach.
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TL;DR: The authors argue that traditional cultural practices are maintained to protect the senior elites of Japan at a cost of increasing the rift between culture, society, and post-industrial trends, and the unsustainability of this rift then ends up asymmetrically marginalizing Japanese youth who bear the brunt of the cost of institutional resistance to globalization pressures.
Abstract: In this article, we review the controversies regarding how representative Japanese psychological patterns are of an interdependent orientation and discuss understanding these controversies in the context of seeing Japanese youth as being marginalized in their own society. We review specific studies on shifting values and motivational patterns at the individual level and incorporate a sociological perspective to understand the causes of these patterns at the social-structural level. We argue that traditional cultural practices are maintained to protect the senior elites of Japan at a cost of increasing the rift between culture, society, and post-industrial trends. The unsustainability of this rift then ends up asymmetrically marginalizing Japanese youth who bear the brunt of the cost of institutional resistance to globalization pressures. Therefore, the “demotivation” and psychological distancing from interdependent norms among marginalized Japanese youth are not the causes of marginalization, but rather, are an outcome of it. Thus, we argue that psychology of globalization and the psychology of marginalization can go hand-in-hand, especially for societies with dominant institutions that are interdependent, relatively inflexible, seniority-based, and are entering a post-industrial economy due to globalization demands.
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TL;DR: A meta-analysis of emotional P3 event-related potential amplitudes indicates that emotional bias is labile depending on stimulus arousal, stimulus type and task setting.
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