1 The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, IL, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2018 May;44(5):717-728. doi: 10.1177/0146167217746151. Epub 2018 Jan 17.
This study tests whether liberals and conservatives within the same society think as if they were from different cultures. I tested this by measuring the cultural thought style of social liberals and conservatives in Hong Kong (Study 1). Liberals tended to think more analytically (more "WEIRD"), and conservatives tended to think more holistically (more common in East Asia). In Study 2, I trained people to think analytically or holistically before they read articles on political issues. Analytic thought caused people to form more liberal opinions, and holistic thought caused people to form more conservative opinions. The thought training affected participants' responses to a social issue, but not an economic issue or whether they identified as liberal or conservative. This study replicates a previous U.S. finding in an East Asian culture and a different political environment, suggesting that the link between politics and thought style extends beyond the United States.
这项研究检验了同一社会中的自由派和保守派是否会像来自不同文化一样思考。我通过测量香港社会自由派和保守派的文化思维方式来检验这一点（研究 1）。自由派倾向于更具分析性（更“怪异”），而保守派倾向于更具整体性（在东亚更为常见）。在研究 2 中，我在人们阅读政治问题的文章之前训练他们进行分析性或整体性思考。分析性思维使人们形成更自由的观点，而整体性思维使人们形成更保守的观点。思维训练影响了参与者对社会问题的反应，但对经济问题或他们是否认同自己是自由派或保守派没有影响。这项研究在东亚文化和不同的政治环境中复制了之前在美国的发现，表明政治和思维方式之间的联系不仅限于美国。
