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The geography of thought : how Asians and Westerners think differently ... and why / Richard E. Nisbett.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York [u.a.] Free Press 2004Edition: 1. Free Press trade paperback ed., [Nachdr.]Description: XXIII, 263 S. : Ill., graph. DarstISBN:
  • 978-0-7432-5535-6
  • 0-7432-5535-6
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • M
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Review: When Richard Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese subjects, on the other hand, made observations about the background environment ... and the different "seeings" are a clue to profound underlying cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. As Professor Nisbett shows in The Geography of Thought people actually think - and even see - the world differently, because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

When Richard Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese subjects, on the other hand, made observations about the background environment ... and the different "seeings" are a clue to profound underlying cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. As Professor Nisbett shows in The Geography of Thought people actually think - and even see - the world differently, because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China.

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