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cultural self. Using a grounded theory approach (Charmaz, 2001), in-depth interviews with 35
Japanese academic migrants (international students/scholars and their families) in the US, and
with 21 Chinese new skilled immigrants in Canada illuminated complex cultural negotiation
processes for these highly educated (im)migrant groups. Building upon culture and self (Markus,
Mullally & Kitayama, 1997), acculturation (Berry, 1997), and ethnic identity (Helms, 1995), a
Model of Cultural Negotiation was proposed and further refined through cross-population
comparisons.
4109.4 Chinese angers: Social constructivistic approach, Maiya Kiyoshi 1 , Shilei Zhao 2 , 1 Kobe
University, RIHE, Japan, 2 Kobe University, Graduate School of HSCS, Japan
This study investigated into emotion of anger and its facial expressions in Chinese people. In order
to collect typical and universal expressions of anger, observational studies (recording of Chinese
facial expressions and their coding by FACS) were done. As a result, more than four qualitatively
different categories of anger were found to exist in Chinese people. Survey done in Beijing
clarified that Chinese people can express and recognize the different categories of anger. These
findings were compared with the results of studies on Japanese facial expressions which have been
done in our laboratory.
4110 ORAL
Culture and psychology
Chair: Chantale Jeanrie, Canada
4110.1 Facial expressions in movie pictures: Comparison between Japanese movies and
Western movies, Ayami Miura 1 , Kiyoshi Maiya 2 , 1 Dept of Nuclear Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering, Osaka Univ., Japan, 2 Kobe University, Research Institute for Higher
Education
This study aimed at investigating into Japanese typical facial displays. After Study 1 where sixty
emotional scenes were identified in six movies (three Japanese and three American) popular in
Japan, ninety female Japanese students were asked to judge what emotions were expressed in each
scene in Study 2. In Study 3, fifty-seven scenes which at least 80 % of the participants agreed on a
specific emotion were selected and coded by FACS. The results did not only supported Carroll &
Russell (1997)'s argument based on their Component Theory, but also suggested the cultural
specific facial displays in Japanese.
4110.2 The Fairy Tale Test in cross cultural personality assessment, Carina Coulacoglou 1 ,
Elena Savina 2 , Jose Alberto Ferreira 3 , 1 Greece, 2 Psychology Dept., Oreol University, Russia,
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Centro Editor de Psicologia Applicada, Brazil
The Fairy Tale Test (FTT) is a projective personality test for children aged 6 to 12 years. Its
concept of development rests on the association between traditional fairy tales and unconscious
processes. The FTT consists of 21 cards that depict popular fairy tale characters such as Little Red
Riding Hood, the wolf, the dwarf, the witch and the giant. The quantitative analysis of children's
responses to questions regarding the FTT pictures provides the examiner with information on 26
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