中国国内的大规模心理差异是由大米与小麦相比的农业解释的
1Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.
概括
农业遗产塑造了中国的心理. 米种植促进了南方的相互依赖,而小麦种植促进了北方的独立,影响了现代文化差异.
科学领域:
- 跨文化心理学跨文化心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 文化历史 历史 文化历史
背景情况:
- 跨文化心理学经常将东亚与西方形成对比.
- 有限的研究探讨了中国境内显著的心理差异.
研究的目的:
- 调查中国境内的心理差异.
- 测试历史农业实践 (大米与小麦种植) 影响文化相互依存和独立的假设.
主要方法:
- 在六个不同地点调查了1162名汉族参与者.
- 在米种植的南方地区和小麦种植的北方地区之间比较心理特征.
- 在沿着大米-小麦农业边界的邻近县进行了比较分析,以控制气候等混变量.
主要成果:
- 在中国南部 (种植大米) 和北部 (种植小麦) 之间发现了显著的心理差异.
- 与北方相比,中国南部表现出更大的相互依赖和整体思维.
- 即使控制了气候等因素,差异仍然存在,这表明农业遗产是关键决定因素.
结论:
- 历史的农业遗产,特别是大米与小麦的种植,显著塑造了中国当代的心理差异.
- 这些发现通过突出区域内多样性,挑战了更广泛的东西方比较模型.
- 这项研究表明,农业历史是这些心理变化的更强有力的预测因素,而不是现代化或病原体流行.
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