Investigating the Geography of Thought Across Eleven Countries : Cross-Cultural Differences in Analytic and Holistic Cognitive Styles Using Simple Perceptual Tasks and Reaction Time Modeling

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-54927-001" target="_blank" >https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-54927-001</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001685" target="_blank" >10.1037/xge0001685</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Investigating the Geography of Thought Across Eleven Countries : Cross-Cultural Differences in Analytic and Holistic Cognitive Styles Using Simple Perceptual Tasks and Reaction Time Modeling

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper investigates cross-cultural differences in analytic/holistic cognitive styles among participants from eleven countries: Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Ghana, Philippines, Slovakia, Taiwan, and Türkiye. Using a pre-registered design, 993 university students were assessed with three perceptual tasks based on Navon hierarchical figures and Gottschaldt’s embedded figures. Analytic and holistic cognitive styles were estimated using reaction time modeling, specifically a Bayesian 4-parameter shifted Wald distribution and a hierarchical linear ballistic accumulator model. The results revealed notable cross-cultural variations in cognitive styles, though these differences did not align with predictions from analytic/holistic cognitive style theory. Countries traditionally characterized as more holistic or analytic did not consistently show the expected cognitive style patterns. Multilevel modeling examined the influence of country-level variables, such as Hofstede’s and Schwartz’s cultural dimensions. While some dimensions, like individualism and long-term orientation, were associated with both analytic and holistic thinking, many cultural predictors had no significant impact on cognitive styles. Additionally, exploratory latent profile analysis assessed cognitive meta-styles, such as flexibility and rigidity, but the findingsdo not support the presence of a rigidity meta-style. No profiles exhibited a strong preference for one cognitive dimension while showing a low preference for the other. These findings challenge the straightforward application of analytic/holistic theory across diverse cultural contexts and suggest a need for re-evaluation of its generalizability.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Investigating the Geography of Thought Across Eleven Countries : Cross-Cultural Differences in Analytic and Holistic Cognitive Styles Using Simple Perceptual Tasks and Reaction Time Modeling

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper investigates cross-cultural differences in analytic/holistic cognitive styles among participants from eleven countries: Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Ghana, Philippines, Slovakia, Taiwan, and Türkiye. Using a pre-registered design, 993 university students were assessed with three perceptual tasks based on Navon hierarchical figures and Gottschaldt’s embedded figures. Analytic and holistic cognitive styles were estimated using reaction time modeling, specifically a Bayesian 4-parameter shifted Wald distribution and a hierarchical linear ballistic accumulator model. The results revealed notable cross-cultural variations in cognitive styles, though these differences did not align with predictions from analytic/holistic cognitive style theory. Countries traditionally characterized as more holistic or analytic did not consistently show the expected cognitive style patterns. Multilevel modeling examined the influence of country-level variables, such as Hofstede’s and Schwartz’s cultural dimensions. While some dimensions, like individualism and long-term orientation, were associated with both analytic and holistic thinking, many cultural predictors had no significant impact on cognitive styles. Additionally, exploratory latent profile analysis assessed cognitive meta-styles, such as flexibility and rigidity, but the findingsdo not support the presence of a rigidity meta-style. No profiles exhibited a strong preference for one cognitive dimension while showing a low preference for the other. These findings challenge the straightforward application of analytic/holistic theory across diverse cultural contexts and suggest a need for re-evaluation of its generalizability.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

ISSN

0096-3445

e-ISSN

1939-2222

Svazek periodika

154

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

325-346

Kód UT WoS článku

001375675200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85213511217