Investigating Implicit Trait Theories Across Cultures Export

@article{citeulike:4350001, abstract = {Implicit trait and contextual theories encompass lay people's beliefs about the longitudinal stability (vs. instability) of traits; the cross-situational consistency (vs. variability) of behavior; the ability to predict (vs. not predict) individuals' behavior from their traits; the ability to infer traits from few behavioral instances (vs. the difficulty of doing so); and the importance of traits in understanding people (vs. the greater importance of contextual factors such as roles and relationships). Implicit trait and contextual beliefs were investigated in two individualistic cultures, the United States and Australia, and two collectivistic cultures, Mexico and the Philippines. Hypotheses based on an integration of trait and cultural psychology perspectives were supported. The structure of implicit beliefs replicated well, and trait beliefs predicted judgments about cross-situational consistency of behavior in all four cultures. Implicit trait beliefs were stronger, and implicit contextual beliefs weaker, in the United States as compared to Mexico and the Philippines. 10.1177/0022022105275963}, author = {Church, Timothy A. and Katigbak, Marcia S. and Ortiz, Fernando A. and Del Prado, Alicia M. and De Jesus and Ibanez-Reyes, Joselina and Reyes, Jose A. and Pe-Pua, Rogelia and Cabrera, Helena F.}, citeulike-article-id = {4350001}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022105275963}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jcc.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/4/476}, doi = {10.1177/0022022105275963}, journal = {Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology}, keywords = {2, chapter}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {476--496}, posted-at = {2009-04-17 20:19:56}, priority = {2}, title = {Investigating Implicit Trait Theories Across Cultures}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022105275963}, volume = {36}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4350001 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4350001 N2 - Implicit trait and contextual theories encompass lay people's beliefs about the longitudinal stability (vs. instability) of traits; the cross-situational consistency (vs. variability) of behavior; the ability to predict (vs. not predict) individuals' behavior from their traits; the ability to infer traits from few behavioral instances (vs. the difficulty of doing so); and the importance of traits in understanding people (vs. the greater importance of contextual factors such as roles and relationships). Implicit trait and contextual beliefs were investigated in two individualistic cultures, the United States and Australia, and two collectivistic cultures, Mexico and the Philippines. Hypotheses based on an integration of trait and cultural psychology perspectives were supported. The structure of implicit beliefs replicated well, and trait beliefs predicted judgments about cross-situational consistency of behavior in all four cultures. Implicit trait beliefs were stronger, and implicit contextual beliefs weaker, in the United States as compared to Mexico and the Philippines. 10.1177/0022022105275963 IS - 4 JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology EP - 496 TI - Investigating Implicit Trait Theories Across Cultures VL - 36 SP - 476 KW - 2 KW - chapter AU - Church, Timothy AU - Katigbak, Marcia AU - Ortiz, Fernando AU - Del Prado, Alicia AU - De Jesus AU - Ibanez-Reyes, Joselina AU - Reyes, Jose AU - Pe-Pua, Rogelia AU - Cabrera, Helena PY - 2005/07/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022105275963 ER -