The Geography of Thought：How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why

作者: Richard Nisbett

出版社: Oversea Publishing House

出版时间: 2004-03

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780743255356

装帧: 平装

开本: 16开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 263页

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>社会文化

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When psychologist Richard E. Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese observers instead commented on the background environment -- and the different "seeings" are a clue to profound cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. As

  Nisbett shows in The Geography of Thought, people think about -- and even see -- the world differently because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China. The Geography of Thought documents Professor Nisbett's groundbreaking research in cultural psychology, addressing questions such as:

  Why did the ancient Chinese excel at algebra and arithmetic, but not geometry, the brilliant achievement of such Greeks as Euclid?

  Why do East Asians find it so difficult to disentangle an object from its surroundings?

  Why do Western infants learn nouns more rapidly than verbs, when it is the other way around in East Asia?

  At a moment in history when the need for cross-cultural understanding and collaboration have never been more important, The Geography of Thought offers both a map to that gulf and a blueprint for a bridge that might be able to span it. 当一位跟他一道研究社会心理学和逻辑推理问题的中国学生有一天说了这样一段话时,他深感震惊:“你知道,你我之间的差别在于我认为世界是一个圆圈,而你认为它是一条直线。中国人相信世界是在不断变化的,但事物总是不断地回到其先前的状态。他们关注许多现象,寻找事物之间的关系,他们认为不能了解整体你就不能理解局部。西方人生活的世界较为简单、明确。他们把注意力放在突出的物体或人上,而不是更全面的现象上。他们认为他们可以控制事件的发生,因为他们了解支配事物行为的规律。” Acknowledgments

Introduction

1  The Syllogism and the Tao Philosophy, Science, and Society in Ancient Greece and China

2  The Social Origins of Mind Economics, Social Practices, and Thought

3  Living Together vs. Going It Mone Social Life and Sense of Self in the Modern East and West

4  "Eyes in Back of Your Head" or "Keep Your Eye on the Ball"? Envisioning the World

5  "The Bad Seed" or "The Other Boys Made Him Do It"? Causal Attribution and Causal Modeling East and West

6  Is the World Made Up of Nouns or Verbs? Categories and Rules vs. Relationships and Similarities

7  "Ce N'est Pas Logique" or "You've Got aPoint There"?Logic and the Law of Noncontradiction vsDialectics and the Middle Way

8  And If the Nature of Thought Is NotEverywhere the Same?Implications for Psychology, Philosophy,Education, and Everyday Life

Epilogue The End of Psychology or the Clash of

  Mentalities?

  The Longevity of Differences

Notes

References

Index
内容简介:
When psychologist Richard E. Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese observers instead commented on the background environment -- and the different "seeings" are a clue to profound cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. As

  Nisbett shows in The Geography of Thought, people think about -- and even see -- the world differently because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China. The Geography of Thought documents Professor Nisbett's groundbreaking research in cultural psychology, addressing questions such as:

  Why did the ancient Chinese excel at algebra and arithmetic, but not geometry, the brilliant achievement of such Greeks as Euclid?

  Why do East Asians find it so difficult to disentangle an object from its surroundings?

  Why do Western infants learn nouns more rapidly than verbs, when it is the other way around in East Asia?

  At a moment in history when the need for cross-cultural understanding and collaboration have never been more important, The Geography of Thought offers both a map to that gulf and a blueprint for a bridge that might be able to span it.
作者简介:
当一位跟他一道研究社会心理学和逻辑推理问题的中国学生有一天说了这样一段话时,他深感震惊:“你知道,你我之间的差别在于我认为世界是一个圆圈,而你认为它是一条直线。中国人相信世界是在不断变化的,但事物总是不断地回到其先前的状态。他们关注许多现象,寻找事物之间的关系,他们认为不能了解整体你就不能理解局部。西方人生活的世界较为简单、明确。他们把注意力放在突出的物体或人上,而不是更全面的现象上。他们认为他们可以控制事件的发生,因为他们了解支配事物行为的规律。”
目录:
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1  The Syllogism and the Tao Philosophy, Science, and Society in Ancient Greece and China

2  The Social Origins of Mind Economics, Social Practices, and Thought

3  Living Together vs. Going It Mone Social Life and Sense of Self in the Modern East and West

4  "Eyes in Back of Your Head" or "Keep Your Eye on the Ball"? Envisioning the World

5  "The Bad Seed" or "The Other Boys Made Him Do It"? Causal Attribution and Causal Modeling East and West

6  Is the World Made Up of Nouns or Verbs? Categories and Rules vs. Relationships and Similarities

7  "Ce N'est Pas Logique" or "You've Got aPoint There"?Logic and the Law of Noncontradiction vsDialectics and the Middle Way

8  And If the Nature of Thought Is NotEverywhere the Same?Implications for Psychology, Philosophy,Education, and Everyday Life

Epilogue The End of Psychology or the Clash of

  Mentalities?

  The Longevity of Differences

Notes

References

Index