Cultural Scripts as Frameworks for Understanding, Predicting and Evaluation of Actions of Others.

1)对于文化剧本的分类，传统的东西方或集体主义/个人主义的二分法是不够的。需要结合历史和现实的文化动态进行多维分类。2)中国人倾向于用更多的篇幅来描述环境场景和条件，而日本人倾向于更重视日常生活和情感活动。在这一维度上，美国处于中间位置。我们有几种可能的解释。中国人和美国人比日本人更多地表达积极的评价。在判断分配公平时，中国人倾向于贡献导向分配，而日本成年人倾向于基于平等的分配。5)在叙述一个人时，中国人注重道德规范，而日本人则注重家庭和个性。这可能与个人评价的多维度有关。

1)For categorizing cultural scripts, dichotomization in terms of conventional East and West, or collectivism/individualism, is inadequate. Multidimensional categorization in relation to historical and current cultural dynamics is required.2)Chinese tend to give more space to the description of environmental scenes and conditions while Japanese tend to give more weight to activities of daily life and feelings. The U.S. comes in middle on this dimension. We have several possible explanations.3)Chinese, as well as Americans, express positive evaluation more often than the Japanese. Possible link with so-called Japanese negative self esteem may be suggested.4)In judging distributive justice, Chinese prefer contribution geared distribution while Japanese adults prefer equality based distribution. Japanese students are split.5)In narrating about a person, Chinese place weight on ethical normality while Japanese attend to family and individual personality. Maybe related to multi dimensionality of person evaluation.