Modeling Impression Formation Processes Among Chinese and Americans
Modeling Impression Formation Processes Among Chinese and Americans
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DOI：
10.1177/00027642211066025
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发表时间：
2022-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Jun Zhao
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作者：
Jun Zhao
本研究首次对中国人在社会交往中形成对他人印象的规范过程进行了研究。利用情感控制理论及其中国收集的情感数据，采用一种新的贝叶斯方法对中国人印象形成模型进行了估计。然后，我将中国的模型与美国英语中的印象形成动态进行了比较。结果表明，文化概念的情感加工具有跨文化共性，影响印象形成过程的因素在很大程度上具有普遍性。研究结果还揭示了两个与跨文化比较研究发现的模式相一致的文化差异：(1)中国模式在情境定义上表现出较少的僵化；(2)在两种文化模式中，平衡项对行为者和行为评价的影响相反。为了探索印象模型的含义，我提供了一系列的模拟，展示了情绪控制理论的预测力以及不同文化规则对社会互动的影响。
This study offers the first investigation on the normative processes through which Chinese form impressions of others in social interaction. Using affect control theory and its archived sentiment data from China, I estimate the Chinese impression formation models with a new Bayesian method. I then compare the Chinese models to the impression formation dynamics in U.S. English. Results show cross-cultural commonality in the affective processing of cultural concepts, with determinants of impression formation processes being largely universal. Findings also reveal two cultural variations that align with patterns uncovered by comparative cross-cultural research: (1) the Chinese models show less rigidity in the definition of situation and (2) across two cultural models, the balance term has opposite effects on actor and behavior evaluation. To explore the implications of the impression models, I present a series of simulations, illustrating the predictive power of affect control theory as well as the impact of different cultural rules on social interaction.