In the second chapter, Nisbett tried to search for what makes the Westerners and Easterners think so differently. He presented a schematic model one of his own idea and one with his Chinese American student's. I've sympathized more with the latter rather than the former because the outside process is indispensable for the inner process.
The parts Nisbett examined the connections between each process was interesting. Although it always turned out to be that the relationship with the social outside world is the account of the different points of view, it made sense and was easy to understand for me.
The "field dependent" explanation was a little bit different from other parts because it focused just on the types of people and not country differences. But the difference expressed here was environment one which leads to the comparison the author is now working on. Thinking along this route was convincing to me.
"I've had an experience similar to this!"
This is what I felt when I finished reading this chapter, and I think I'm not the only one who has had this experience in the section CB. It was during the 10 months I've stayed in Germany as an exchange student. There were events with exchange students from other countries and sometimes we had discussions. A girl from the US insisted her opinion, eager to persuade others. A boy from China, on the pther hand, tried to gather the suggestions each of us made. This is exactly what Nisbett introduced as the Middle Way!
Okay, I've done reading two chapters, but it is still difficult to care about looking for how the writing is biased. To do this, I need more time and experience:( The only good thing is that I'm now used to facing technical terms......
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