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isk options regardless how it was farmed. Future direction on this line of research was discussed.
4072.2 Culture and judgment under uncertainty, M. Sumi 1 , S. Yamaguchi 1 , K.P. Peng 2 ,
1 2
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Classic paradigms on culture and judgment under uncertainty were tested in cross-cultural
contexts. In study 1, we found Japanese endorsed beliefs on life uncertainty more so than
Americans did. In study 2, Japanese was found better able to use information from big sample
than small sample. In study 3, Japanese was found to show more dialectical understanding of
future events than Americans do whom shown strong deterministic orientations. However, such
cultural difference was not associated with differences in understanding mathematics and
probability. Implication for culture and cognition is discussed.
4072.3 Psychology of regret across cultures and domains, J.Q. Shi 1 , L. Wang 1 , J.Q. Liao 1 , Y.
Kuang 1 , K.P. Peng 2 , 1 Peking University, Beijing, China; 2 University of California at Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA, USA
Psychology of regret was tested in a series of cross-cultural studies. By utilizing classic paradigm
developed by Kahneman and Tversky (1982) and Gilovich and Medvec (1995), we found similar
patterns among Chinese participants. However, when we introduced social domains that are more
relational in nature (e.g., buying gifts for friends), we found interesting cultural differences.
Chinese were more regret inaction than action whereas American more concerned about outcomes
of action than inaction. In situations concerning face and social evaluation, Chinese were more
concerned about outcomes of action than inaction. The interactive relationship between culture
and domain is discussed.
4072.4 Culture and judgment of responsibility, K. Eric 1 , K.P. Peng 2 , 1 Stanford University,
Stanford, CA, USA; 2 University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Judgment of responsibility, particularly the allocation of blame and punishment, is a domain of
social perception that involves consideration of both an actor’s mental states and the consequences
of his or her actions. We found that cultural differences exist in the degree to which people weigh
intentions vs. consequences in deciding blame and punishment. Using cases involving ambiguous
causes, we found a significant pattern in which East Asian Berkeley students born abroad weighed
consequences more than heavily did Caucasian Berkeley students; Caucasian students, on the
other hand, weighed intentions more heavily than their East Asian counterparts. Future direction is
discussed.
4073 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Health psychology and health promotion
Convener and Chair: K. Noguchi, Japan
4073.1 Community empowerment, K. Noguchi, Bunka Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan
One of the important settings for health promotion is a community. Health promoters can gain
valuable resources from the community action for health. For community action to be successful,
it requires the direct involvement of individuals and community in a balanced program. Our
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