The effect of language on the bicultural self

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Ross, M., Xun, W. Q., & Wilson, A. E. (2002). The effect of language on the bicultural self- study summary
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The effect of language on the bicultural self
  1. Procedure
    1. People born in China, living in Canada
      1. Asked to describe who they were either in English (condition 1) or Chinese (condition 2)
        1. Aim: to see if we have different cultural selves that can be cued by environmental factors
        2. Findings
          1. Those that descirbed themselves in English used more individual attributes than those who described in Chinese
            1. Those who described themselves in Chinese used more relational terms than those who described in English
            2. Criticism
              1. The participants may have been reacting to demand characteristics, as they were presented with a certain type of interviewer, and conformed to what they were expecting.
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