Journal article
Folk conceptions of humanness: Beliefs about distinctive and core human characteristics in Australia, Italy, and China
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol.43(1), pp.53-58
2012
Abstract
The present research explores cultural understandings of what it means to be human. We used open-ended responses to examine whether the most culturally salient aspects of humanness are captured by two theoretical dimensions: human uniqueness (HU) and human nature (HN). Australians, Italians, and Chinese (N = 315) showed differences in the characteristics considered human and in the emphasis placed on HU and HN. These findings contribute to developing cross-cultural folk psychological models of humanness.
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- Title
- Folk conceptions of humanness: Beliefs about distinctive and core human characteristics in Australia, Italy, and China
- Authors/Creators
- P. Bain (Author/Creator)J. Vaes (Author/Creator)Y. Kashima (Author/Creator)N. Haslam (Author/Creator)Y. Guan (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol.43(1), pp.53-58
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Identifiers
- 991005544045307891
- Copyright
- © The Author(s) 2012.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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