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Attachment theory, designed originally to characterize infant-parent bonding, has been applied to
the study of close relationships, affect regulation, and social cognition. In this lecture, we will
present a recent theoretical model of the activation and psychodynamics of the attachment system
in adulthood and use this model to characterize explicit and implicit manifestations of this system.
We will review research using priming methodology, which has revealed the implicit and explicit
processes involved in attachment-system functioning, and present some ideas and findings on the
ways these processes interact in shaping one’s own and relationship partner’s cognitions, emotions,
and behaviors.
4069 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Chinese social living: Perspectives from psychology
Convener and Chair: M.H. Bond, Hong Kong SAR, China
4069.1 The Chinese cultural context from a psychological perspective, M.H. Bond, Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
The Chinese historical legacy is distinctive among the world’s great cultural traditions. The
various political, economic and social contexts in which contemporary Chinese live out their lives
are also different from one another, however. This presentation attempts to extract from this
differently contextualized historical commonality whatever psychologically relevant similarities
have been found to differentiate contemporary Chinese from persons with different ethnic
identifications.
4069.2 The Chinese organizational context: Behavior with and within organizations, D.C.
Thomas, Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada
Most individuals spend a significant part of their lives interacting within organizational settings.
Organizations have influence by placing both demands and constraints on behavior, and each
individual forms a conception of their relationship with and within the organization. Individuals
interpret this relationship through their cultural lens and it influences all aspects of their lives.
Chinese organizations, whether in China or overseas, have unique cultural characteristics but are
also responding to rapid economic and technological change. This paper explores the influence of
the Chinese organizational context on individuals. In particular, it focuses on the changing nature
of these organizational expectations.
4069.3 Parenting beliefs and practices and child adjustment in urban China, L. Chang, Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
The purpose of the present study was to use unstructured interviews to examine socialization
beliefs and practices of urban Chinese parents. Over 300 parents of primary school children from a
large city were interviewed regarding their parenting beliefs and behaviors. Questionnaire data
were obtained about their only children's social adjustment in schools. Related parental views
were factored into two categories. One category labeled as ‘Modern Socialization’ includes
comments that emphasized the importance of social participation and social dominance or
influence. The other category labeled as ‘Traditional Socialization’ consists of comments that
stress such traditional values as respecting others, being modest and cooperative. These two
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