Who is stronger, David or Goliath?
New research from Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s 카지노게임사이트 has revealed the way people evaluate an opponent in a competition can be drastically different depending on cultures.
Li-Jun Ji, a professor in the Department of Psychology, and Albert Lee, a former Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s PhD student (now a professor at Nanyang Technological 카지노게임사이트), have found that people around the world decipher the appearance of their opponents in competitions in different ways. For many North Americans of European descent, an opponent is perceived as threatening when he or she shows signs of strength or advantages in appearance, such as looking powerful, strong, confident, intimidating, and so on.
For many people in Asia, such as the Chinese, an opponent is perceived as threatening when he or she shows no sign of strength. It is not a tough-looking opponent that the Chinese would fear, but an opponent who looks ordinary or weak.
카지노 게임 컬렉션We are borrowing on the story of Goliath (a gigantic, mighty-looking warrior) and David (a small, weak-looking shepherd) from the Bible,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Ji. 카지노 게임 컬렉션So, if we ask people 카지노 게임 컬렉션Who do you watch out for in a tournament, Goliath or David?카지노 게임 컬렉션 our research suggests that the answer depends. If you were a Canadian or American of European descent, you tend to fear Goliath. If you came from a Chinese background, you tend to fear David.카지노 게임 컬렉션
Dr. Ji explains such cultural differences can be explained by the differences in philosophical stances between Western and Eastern cultures. Grounded in many schools of Eastern philosophy is the principle that appearance is misleading. This principle, however, is much less apparent in the Western philosophical traditions.
The new research translates into everyday life as we are often competing with others for a goal.
카지노 게임 컬렉션We could be competing with others for a spot in hiring, a medal at a sporting event or a slice of the market if we are working in business,카지노 게임 컬렉션 Dr. Lee says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션From this angle, I believe that an average person would benefit from knowing a little more about the role culture plays in how people behave and think, especially in situations involving head-to-head encounters among people.카지노 게임 컬렉션
The next steps of the research include broadening the scope to other areas of life, such as situations that are not competitive in their nature, but they still require people to make judgments based on appearance. The team of the researchers are also interested in investigating whether people from different cultures would choose to present themselves in different ways, especially in competitive settings.
The research was published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Note: This article originally appeared in the Queen's Gazette.