The present investigation tested the hypothesis that people with individualistic cultural orientation favor an experience of standing out, whereas those with collectivistic cultural orientation prefer an experience of blending in as a means to meet the need to belong. In Study 1, more often than Koreans, Americans recalled an incident of standing out when they were asked to think about an experience of social acceptance. In contrast, Koreans recalled an experience of blending in more than did Americans. In Study 2, highly independent participants favored a situation in which the self stands out. Those who were highly interdependent, however, preferred a situation in which the self blends into others. In Study 3, regardless of cultural orientations, rejected participants deviated from the cultural defaults more than those in the neutral control condition. Taken together, individualists differed from collectivists in preference for standing out versus blending in as a means to cultivate the sense of social acceptance. However, following recall of intense experience of social exclusion, the cultural differences decreased or even trended toward the opposite direction to those in the neutral condition. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2014. / July 2, 2014. / Includes bibliographical references. / Roy F. Baumeister, Professor Directing Dissertation; Daekwan Kim, University Representative; Neil Charness, Committee Member; E. Ashby Plant, Committee Member; James K. McNulty, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_253631 |
| Contributors | Park, Jina (authoraut), Baumeister, Roy F. (professor directing dissertation), Kim, Daekwan (university representative), Charness, Neil (committee member), Plant, E. Ashby (committee member), McNulty, James K. (committee member), Department of Psychology (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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