cultural variations

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what are characteristics of individualistic cultures?
self interest, interest of ones immediate family, voluntarily interact with large number of people
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what are characteristics of collectivist cultures?
loyalty to group, less geographical and social mobility, early interact with strangers, fewer friends but more loyal friends.
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in a individualistic society how would the become married compared to a collectivist?
individualistic marriage would be done through love, collectivist would be done through an arranged marriage for social status
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what study did salmon 1977 find about friendships?
he studies japan and west germany. in japan they had fewer friends but there was no barriers between these friends. very personal relationships
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what did shaver, wu and schwartz 1991 find about voluntary or non voluntary relationships?
china, romantic love associated with sorrow, pain and unfulfilled affection. chinese think romantic love is the reason for the marriage as unrealistically optimistic
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what did levine 1995 find about voluntary or non voluntary relationships?
research into he 2 cultures about individualism and perceived necessity of love for a marriage. looked at marriages in india, pakistan, thialand, use and england ect. found a correlation +o.56 between individualism and the importance of love
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what did simmer 1971 find about relationship permanence?
divorce is higher in individualistic cultures because of the philosophy is that one should constantly see out there ideal partner.
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what did buss find about relative age?
universal preference for age
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what is an issue with he research of cultures?
the divide between individualistic and collectivist is simplistic not all ways clear cut
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what is a strength of cross cultural research?
can tell us what is universal in human behaviour
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evaluation of voluntary or non voluntary relationships?
arranged marriages make sense in societies with low mobility. divorce rates are now in arranged marriages. makers et al found no difference in marital satisfaction between arrange marriage in india and non arranged in USA
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evaluation of continuity and discontinuity?
ris ein divroce rate + reduction in extended family groups in the west may be more closely linked to urbanisation than individualism
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