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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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  • ...Although exclusionary reactions to cultural mixing are described as reflexive responses (Chiu et al., 2011), it is noteworthy that such reactions have been documented using mainly selfreported measures....

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TL;DR: The European Journal of Social Psychology brings together 10 papers that address the psychological processes that underlie the cognitive and behavioural responses to the global challenges humankind has created and is now facing as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The process of globalisation has gained tremendous momentum over recent decades, resulting in unprecedented human interconnectedness and awareness of global concerns. The current special issue of the European Journal of Social Psychology brings together 10 papers that address this development. This special issue showcases different perspectives on the psychological processes that underlie the cognitive and behavioural responses to the global challenges humankind has created and is now facing. In introducing these contributions, we identified three emerging topics for social psychological theorising and application vis-a-vis globalisation and global concerns: (i) supranational identification and attachment, (ii) political and ideological responses to globalisation and global concerns, and (iii) global protest and change. We integrate these topics by highlighting some future prospects of this emerging field of research and its significance for understanding social change in these tumultuous times.

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TL;DR: A fundamental societal challenge is to balance the desire for growth, development, and progress on the one hand and the need for stability and maintenance of the status quo on the other as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A fundamental societal challenge is to balance the desire for growth, development, and progress on the one hand and the need for stability and maintenance of the status quo on the other. To better ...

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  • ...…studies have looked into the possibility that over time, ecological changes influence societies’ cultural orientations, thus focusing on the impact of ecological change on culture (e.g. Chiu et al., 2011; Grossmann & Varnum, 2015; Inglehart, 1997; Oishi & Graham, 2010; van Herk & Poortinga, 2012)....

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TL;DR: This paper examined the effect of bicultural framing strategy on the evaluation of culturally mixed products (CMPs) and demonstrated a self-other asymmetry effect in the CMP evaluation, which leads to less favorable evaluation of CMPs relative to the home-culture foreign-culture strategy in which the home culture "modifies" the foreign culture.
Abstract: The article examines the effect of bicultural framing strategy on the evaluation of culturally mixed products (CMPs). Across two experiments, we demonstrate a self–other asymmetry effect in the CMP evaluation. Specifically, we examine the “foreign-culture home-culture” strategy in which the foreign culture “modifies” the home culture. This phenomenon leads to less favorable evaluation of CMPs relative to the “home-culture foreign-culture” strategy in which the home culture “modifies” the foreign culture. Furthermore, the findings show that consumers’ perception of cultural intrusion mediates the effect of framing strategy on CMP evaluation. We also identify the boundary condition wherein the self–other asymmetry is attenuated when people focus their judgment on facts (as opposed to motivation).

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  • ...The need to preserve cultural purity is an instinct that reflects the existential motivation by which people retain the continuity of their culture to achieve symbolic immortality, driven by a subliminal system of self-defense (Chiu et al., 2011), the process by which the self-defense system works is quick, spontaneous, and reflexive, restraining rational thinking....

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  • ...However, the role has not been examined in the context of culture mixing, an important issue in the psychology of globalization (e.g., Chiu et al., 2011)....

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  • ...In contrast, cultural learning involves the process of introspection by means of which people strive to resist their instinctive disgust toward foreign cultures by rethinking the value of intercultural amalgamation (Chiu et al., 2011)....

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  • ...Our research contributes to the emerging literature in psychology and marketing that addresses the issue of negative reactions to bicultural exposure (e.g., Chiu et al., 2011)....

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  • ...…existential motivation by which people retain the continuity of their culture to achieve symbolic immortality, driven by a subliminal system of self-defense (Chiu et al., 2011), the process by which the self-defense system works is quick, spontaneous, and reflexive, restraining rational thinking....

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TL;DR: Based on the author's seminal article in "Foreign Affairs", Samuel P. Huntington's "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" is a provocative and prescient analysis of the state of world politics after the fall of communism.
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  • ...These reactions, according to some, could lead to clashes of civilizations (Huntington, 1996)....

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TL;DR: In this article, Appiah revives the ancient philosophy of cosmopolitanism, which dates back to the Cynics of the 4th century, as a means of understanding the complex world of today.
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