Selective exposure: The impact of collectivism and individualism

被引:28
作者
Kastenmueller, Andreas [1 ]
Greitemeyer, Tobias [2 ]
Jonas, Eva [3 ]
Fischer, Peter [4 ]
Frey, Dieter [5 ]
机构
[1] Liverpool John Moores Univ, Liverpool L3 2ET, Merseyside, England
[2] Univ Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RH, E Sussex, England
[3] Salzburg Univ, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
[4] Univ Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QJ, Devon, England
[5] Univ Munich, Munich, Germany
关键词
BIASED INFORMATION SEARCH; SELF-ENHANCEMENT; DISSONANCE; CULTURE; PREFERENCE; DECISIONS; SEEKING; ESTEEM;
D O I
10.1348/014466609X478988
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Previous research has found that people prefer information that supports rather than conflicts with their decisions (selective exposure). In the present three studies, we investigated the impact of collectivism and individualism on this bias. First, based on previous findings showing that collectivists compared to individualists are inclined to seek the 'middle way' and tend towards self-criticism, we predicted and found that the confirmation bias was more negative among collectivists compared to individualists. Second, we assumed that the difference between selected supporting versus conflicting information would move more in favour of conflicting information among both collectivists and individualists when the domain was important to them. As predicted (chronic and primed), collectivists and individualists, respectively, sought more conflicting (compared to supporting) information depending on whether collectivistic (e.g., the family) or individualistic (e.g., one's own uniqueness) attributes were important.
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页码:745 / 763
页数:19
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