Richard E. Nisbett The geography of thought

how Asians and Westerners think differently

'The Geography of Thought' documents Richard Nisbett's groundbreaking international research in cultural psychology and shows that people actually think about - and even see - the world differently because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China. As a result, East Asian thought is 'holistic' - drawn to the perceptual field as a whole and to relations among objects and events within that field. By contrast, Westerners...

Engels | 263 pagina's | Nicholas Brealey Publishing, London | 2019

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