2022_심화영어독해와작문

Compare and Contrast Q2 How do Eastern and Western mentalities contrast in their attitudes toward context and social relationships, according to Nisbett? mentality pay attention to context extent be obliged to sensitive fit in with coordinate You have devoted much of your research to the study of cultural differences, mainly between East Asians and Americans. What are some of the key discoveries you can share with us? Well, we can begin by talking about two different mentalities, the Eastern and the Western. For example, East Asians pay attention to context to a much greater extent than Westerners do. Westerners tend to ignore context and focus on a certain thing. It could be a person that they want to influence or whose behavior they want to understand. It’s often said that East Asians are situation-centered. They’re obliged to be sensitive to their environment. Effective behavior in the East depends on being able to fit in with other people, to coordinate your actions with them. Americans, on the other hand, are individual-centered. They expect their environment to be sensitive to them. They expect to be able to control their environment. They can ignore social relationships safely to a much greater extent than is possible for Easterners. Could you give some examples of the social differences between Easterners and Westerners? If you look at a Korean company’s ads in the U.S., they may have text like “I’m unique and I’m going to do great things with △△△△ .” In Korea, it’s likely to be something like “ △△△△ is another family,” a message of seeking harmony and hope with fellow Koreans. That’s a very different kind of emphasis. WHAT TO FOCUS ON Lee: Lee: Nisbett: Nisbett: Find words which mean: • a particular way of thinking: • to make many different things work effectively as a whole: Well, the cow goes with the grass because cows eat grass. 5 10 15 20 25 40 I Unit 2