Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2011 Jul;17(3):325-30. doi: 10.1037/a0023881.
The universality of cognitive processes has been called into question. Research suggests that individuals from Eastern cultures (e.g., China, Korea) when compared to individuals from Western cultures (e.g., the United States) prefer to reason holistically. This line of research has not been extended to cultural groups far removed from cultures traditionally surveyed in cross-cultural research such as Hispanics. We conducted two studies to understand: 1) the generalizability of the construct of holistic reasoning in Mexicans, and 2) the preferred reasoning style of Mexicans when compared to U.S. Americans. Results support the generalization of the factor structure of holistic reasoning as originally hypothesized by Choi, Koo, and Choi (2007). The results of Study 2 suggest that Mexicans scored higher than U.S. Americans on certain aspects of holistic reasoning.
认知过程的普遍性一直受到质疑。研究表明，与来自西方文化的个体（例如美国）相比，来自东方文化的个体（例如中国、韩国）更倾向于整体地进行推理。这一研究方向尚未扩展到与跨文化研究中传统调查的文化群体相差甚远的文化群体，例如西班牙裔。我们进行了两项研究来理解：1）整体推理结构在墨西哥人中的可推广性，以及 2）与美国相比，墨西哥人的推理方式偏好。结果支持了 Choi、Koo 和 Choi（2007）最初提出的整体推理因素结构的推广。研究 2 的结果表明，在整体推理的某些方面，墨西哥人的得分高于美国人。
