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Beliefs and preferences in cultural agents and cultural game players
Author(s) -
Hashimoto Hirofumi,
Li Yang,
Yamagishi Toshio
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2010.01337.x
Subject(s) - conformity , social psychology , psychology , preference , social preferences , cultural diversity , sociology , anthropology , economics , microeconomics
Two laboratory experiments demonstrated that Japanese participants did not conform to the majority unless negative social implications of not conforming were clear. When their behaviour had no implications for others, they rather exhibited preference for uniqueness. Results of Study 2 further demonstrated that participants' conformity to the majority was particularly prevalent among those who were chronically concerned with how other people would perceive them. Participants in these studies were shown to be cultural game players who changed their behaviour in response to anticipated responses of others based on culturally shared beliefs.