中国国内の大規模な心理的差異は,米対小麦農業によって説明される
1Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 10, 2014
まとめ
農業の遺産が中国の心理を形作っている. 米栽培は南部の相互依存を促進し,小麦栽培は北部の独立を促進し,現代の文化的違いに影響を与えています.
科学分野:
- 異文化心理学とは,異文化心理学である.
- 社会心理学 社会心理学とは
- 文化史 文化史 歴史 文化史
背景:
- クロスカルチャー心理学では,東アジアと西アジアをしばしば対照的に捉えている.
- 限られた研究は,中国国内における重要な心理的多様性を探求しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 中国国内における心理的な違いを調査する.
- 歴史的な農業慣行 (米と小麦の栽培) が文化的相互依存と独立に影響を与えるという仮説を検証する.
主な方法:
- 6つの異なるサイトで1162人の漢語参加者を調査した.
- 米を栽培する南部の地域と小麦を栽培する北部の地域間の心理的特徴の比較.
- 気候などの混同変数を制御するために,米-小麦の農業境界に沿った隣接する郡で比較分析を実施しました.
主要な成果:
- 中国南部 (米栽培) と北部 (小麦栽培) の間で有意な心理的な違いが見つかりました.
- 中国南部は,北に比べて,より大きな相互依存と全体的な考えを示した.
- 気候などの要因を考慮しても差異は残っており,農業の遺産が重要な決定要因であることを示唆しています.
結論:
- 歴史的な農業の遺産,特に米対小麦の栽培は,中国における現代の心理的な違いを大きく形作っています.
- これらの発見は,地域内多様性を強調することによって,より広範な東西比較モデルに挑戦しています.
- この研究は,農業の歴史は,近代化や病原菌の流行よりも,これらの心理的変異のより強力な予測要因であることを示しています.
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