Biculturalism and Cognitive Complexity : Expertise in Cultural Representations  

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Lee, Fiona ; Janxin Leu ; Benet-Martinez, Veronica

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/jcca) vol. 37 no. 4 (2006), page 386-407.
Topik: biculturalism; biculturalism; bicultural identity; cognitive complexity; bicultural identity integration
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To explore the possible cognitive consequences of biculutralism, the authors examine the complexity of cultural representations in monocultural and bicultural individuals. Study 1 found that chinese american biculturals' free descriptions of both american and chinese cultures are highe rin cognitive complexity than that of anglo - americna monoculturals, but the same effect was not apparent in descriptions of culturally neutral entities (landscapes). With the same procedures. Study 2 found that the cultural representations of biculturals with low levels of bicultural identity integration (BII, or biculturals with conflicted cultural identities) are more cognitively complex than that of biculturals with high BII (biculturals with compatible cultural identities). This article shows that cultural frame switching and BII have meaningful cognitive consequences, furthermore it suggests that exposure to more than on culture may increase individuals' ability to detect, process, and organize everyday cultural meaning, highlighting the potential of multiculturalism.

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