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Module 5 - WEST AND EAST

This document compares Eastern and Western perspectives on the self. It discusses how Eastern cultures view the self as interdependent and part of larger social groups, families, and communities, while Western cultures emphasize independence and view the self as a unique individual. It provides examples of these differences in areas like child rearing, social relationships, thought processes, problem solving, emotions, education, and roles of students and teachers. The key difference discussed is that Eastern cultures are more collaborative while Western cultures are more individualistic.

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Module 5 - WEST AND EAST

This document compares Eastern and Western perspectives on the self. It discusses how Eastern cultures view the self as interdependent and part of larger social groups, families, and communities, while Western cultures emphasize independence and view the self as a unique individual. It provides examples of these differences in areas like child rearing, social relationships, thought processes, problem solving, emotions, education, and roles of students and teachers. The key difference discussed is that Eastern cultures are more collaborative while Western cultures are more individualistic.

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In Search of the Self:

Eastern Perspective
vs
Western Perspectives
MODULE 5
PSY 1A (Understanding the Self)

TSU PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT


INTEGRITY/EXCELLENCE/PASSION/SERVICE
MODULE 5 EXERCISE

COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE FIVE TIMES:

“I am _______________________________________”
WESTERN and EASTERN
INDIVIDUALISTIC VS. COLLABORATIVE

I am special. I am part of my family.


 I am unique.  I am part of my community.
 I am me.  I am part of my country.
 I am an individual.  The goodness of the whole is
 I am who I am. more important than the
 I am a rational agent.
individual.
 My actions directly impact my
 I am responsible for my
own action. family and my community.
INDIVIDUALISM-COLLECTIVISM
MODEL

• Used to explain large amounts of variation seen in


Human Behavior, Social Interaction, and Personality

• Explain difference in people and/or groups

• Culture and the Self


HOW IS A CHILD TAKEN CARE OF?
INDIVIDUALISTIC VS COLLABORATIVE
Independence Interdependence

 Develop early independence  Learn to depend on others


 Express yourself  Read nonverbal cues
 Be responsible for others
 Responsible for self
 Listen to authority
 Live on one’s own
 Personal goals is secondary to
 One’s own goals take priority goals of the group
 Motivated by own preferences,  Motivated by the norms of, and
needs , rights duties imposed by, the group
 Cognitive skills independent of  Social and cognitive skills
social skills integrated

- Westby (2009)
INDIVIDUALISTIC VS COLLABORATIVE
(SELF)
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

WEST EAST
Informal, egalitarian. Formal, hierarchical.

People most comfortable People most comfortable in


with their social equals; the presence of a hierarchy in
importance of social which they know their position
rankings minimized. and the customs/rules for
behavior in the situation.
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
RELATIONSHIP
INDIVIDUALISTIC VS COLLABORATIVE
(LIFESTYLE)
WESTERN BRAIN vs EASTERN BRAIN
The Asians showed
The Americans more activity in areas
showed more that process figure-
activity in regions ground relations—
that recognize holistic context
objects.
THOUGHT PROCESS
PROBLEM SOLVING
INDIVIDUALISTIC VS COLLABORATIVE
(EMOTION)
HOW A SENIOR LIFE LOOKS LIKE?
INDIVIDUALISTIC VS COLLABORATIVE
HOW A SENIOR LIFE LOOKS LIKE?
INDIVIDUALISTIC VS COLLABORATIVE
DEFINITIONS OF EDUCATION

 WEST  EAST
◦ (Latin) which comes ◦ Teaching (教)
from a verb “educere” ◦ Nurturing (養)
which means to lead,
draw, and bring out the
horizontal “drawing out”
of wisdom into vision.
EDUCATION
US pays great attention to train Taiwan’s education pays more
the students’ practice ability to attention to the instilling and
utilize the knowledge, cultivating accumulation of knowledge,
the students’ question to the cultivating the students’ respect to
knowledge and authority and the knowledge and authority and
building the ability to extend the building the ability to inherit the
knowledge system. knowledge system.

✓ The dynamic changes to ✓ The acceptance to knowledge


knowledge. ✓ Structured
✓ Unstructured ✓ Consistence
✓ Freedom
TEACHERS
✓ American teachers were more ✓ Chinese teachers had stronger
knowledgeable about general knowledge of the subject matter
educational theories and and building the solid foundation.
classroom skills.
✓ Spend more time with their
✓ Evokes creative thinking. students.

✓ Encourage students to ✓ Persistence.


challenge the knowledge.
✓ Authority figure.
✓ Teaching atmosphere
lively and vivid.
STUDENTS

WEST EAST
Self-confidence Discipline
Independence Obey
Curiosity Good observers
Free thinking Patient
…….. Respectful
Afraid of making mistakes
…………
“One of the most effective ways to learn
about oneself is by taking seriously the
cultures of others. It forces you to pay
attention to those details of life which
differentiate them from you.”

-Edward T. Hall
THANK YOU! ☺

TSU PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT


THANK YOU! ☺

TSU PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

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