Infusing Asian Studies into Psychology Courses

1. Infusing Asian Studies into Psychology Courses SeraphineShen-Miller Belmont University

2. A question for you: Which 2 of the following 3 should be grouped together?

3. A question for you: Which 2 of the following 3 should be grouped together? YUM!

4. Infusing Asian Studies into Psychology Courses • Social Psychology • Cognition • Perception • Developmental Psychology

5. Infusing Asian Studies into Psychology Courses • Social Psychology • Cognition • Perception • Developmental Psychology

6. Fundamental Attribution Error When trying to explain the behavior of others, we tend to… • attribute their behavior to personal factors • underestimate the impact from situations How fundamental is the fundamental attribution error?

7. Example 1

8. One fish is swimming ahead of a group of fish. What’s happening?(Morris & Peng, 1994)

9. Infusing Asian Studies into Psychology Courses • Social Psychology • Cognition • Perception • Developmental Psychology

10. Example 2

11. Landscapes in the WestThe technique of Perspective • Devised in the 16th century • One of the most notable developments during the Renaissance • Two major functions: (a) Represents space by providing the illusion of depth (b) Fixes the viewer’s standpoint, usually forcing the viewer to occupy the same level as the subject of the work

13. Landscapes in the East Various ways of emphasizing field info: • scroll form: a panoramic view of landscape • The bird’s eye view: unlike Western perspective, the artist’s standpoint is higher than the objects depicted • The “tactile” perspective: Artists draw each object as if the viewer can go to the place where they can touch it • Artists did not normally paint cast shadows- implying multiple viewpoints (fields are depicted in their entirety) • Horizon is much higher, so to include a great deal of interesting material in the field

14. Along the River During the Qingming Festival, Zhang Zeduan, 1085-1145

15. Culture and Aesthetic Style: (Masuda, Gonzales, Kwan, & Nisbett, 2008)

16. Portraiture in the West • Western artists seek to make the subject salient—the intention, in other words, is to distinguish the figure from the ground • For this reason, the model occupies a major fraction of the space

17. Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, (Renaissance)

18. Raphael’s Portrait of Agnolo Doni (Renaissance)

19. Rubens’s Portrait of Susanna Fourment (Baroque)

20. Flagonard’s A Young Girl Reading (Rococo)

21. What about Portraiture in the East?

22. Children at Play in an Autumn Garden, Su Han-ch'en (early 12th century)

23. The Emperor T'ai-tsung (reigned 627-649 A.D.)

24. Emperor Hsüan-tsung on Horseback, Anonymous Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)

25. Chou Fang (Tang Dynasty)

26. Chou Fang, (Tang Dynasty)

27. Culture and Aesthetic Style: (Masuda, Gonzales, Kwan, & Nisbett, 2008)

28. Example 4

29. Comparison of drawings(Masuda, Gonzalez, Kwan, & Nisbett, 2008) Drawing by a European American Female

30. Comparison of drawings(Masuda, Gonzalez, Kwan, & Nisbett, 2008) Drawing by a European American Female

31. Comparison of drawings(Masuda, Gonzalez, Kwan, & Nisbett, 2008) Drawing by an East Asian Female

32. Comparison of drawings(Masuda, Gonzalez, Kwan, & Nisbett, 2008) Drawing by an East Asian Female

33. Comparison of drawings(Masuda, Gonzalez, Kwan, & Nisbett, 2008) Ratio of the horizon to the frame

34. Comparison of drawings(Masuda, Gonzalez, Kwan, & Nisbett, 2008) Number of additional objects

35. Example 5

38. Comparison of Photos(Masuda, Gonzalez, Kwan, & Nisbett, 2008) The ratio of the face to the frame (100%)

39. Infusing Asian Studies into Psychology Courses • Social Psychology • Cognition • Perception • Developmental Psychology

40. Example 6

41. Do both of these photos look happy to you? Thatcher illusion(Thompson, 1980) ….Do cultures vary in the parts of the face that they most consider when judging another’s emotion?

42. Which face appears happier to you?

43. Eyes and Mouths as Cues to Recognize Emotions in Japan & U.S.(Yuki, Maddux, & Masuda,2007) Happy Mouth Neutral Eyes Happy Eyes Neutral Mouth

44. When writing an email, which emoticon do you use to denote a happy face? : ) :-) :o)

45. A emoticon used by a Taiwanese student…Does this emoticon makes sense to you? What does it mean? ^____^

46. Infusing Asian Studies into Psychology Courses • Social Psychology • Cognition • Perception • Developmental Psychology

47. Major question: “How do we explainwhy something is right or wrong?” Developed Stages of Moral Development theory based on interviews of 72 boys (ages 10, 13 and 16) Stages of Moral DevelopmentLawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987)

48. Kohlberg’s Moral DevelopmentMoral Reasoning for Dilemma Most famous one: the Heinz dilemma. • Heinz’s wife is dying from cancer • Medicine too expensive Question: Should he break into the drugstore and steal the medicine? Reasons then categorized into stages (not interested in whether the participants say “yes” or “no” to the dilemma)

49. Kohlberg’s Moral DevelopmentMoral Reasoning for Dilemma Most famous one: the Heinz dilemma. • Heinz’s wife is dying from cancer • Medicine too expensive Question: Should he break into the drugstore and steal the medicine? Reasons then categorized into stages (not interested in whether the participants say “yes” or “no” to the dilemma)

50. Kohlberg’s Moral DevelopmentLevel 1: Preconventional Morality Focus of justification: the punishment (or reward) associated with the action. “I will do what I am supposed to do In order to avoid punishment.”