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Peer reviewedStiles, Deborah A.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1990
A study of 188 ninth grade American and Mexican boys and girls found significant similarities in their perception of the characteristics of the ideal man and woman. However, boys emphasized physical characteristics more than girls, and many cross-cultural differences are reported. (FMW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Grade 9
Peer reviewedBontempo, Robert; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1990
Analyzes responses of Brazilian and American students to measures of behavioral intention, perceived norms, and feelings regarding prosocial behaviors in both public and anonymous conditions. Concludes that Brazilians had internalized ingroup norms but that Americans had complied with norms because of social desirability pressures. (FMW)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Compliance (Psychology), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Download full textBeauchamp, Edward R. – 1992
This document presents a comparative analysis of education in Japan and the United States. The report explores differences between U.S. and Japanese culture. While the United States may be characterized by its diversity, Japanese culture is distinctive in the extent of its uniformity. Japan, moreover, has a highly centralized educational system;…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compulsory Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Traits
Peer reviewedSong, Myung-Ja; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Study examined whether 50 Korean children made conceptual distinctions between morality and social convention. Findings indicated that, at all ages, children treated moral transgressions as more generally wrong and independent of rules than conventional transgressions. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Cultural Interrelationships, Elementary School Students
Klein, Helen Altman – 1987
Forty caregivers in five child care centers in Israel and seven centers in the United States were asked to complete the Teacher Temperament Questionnaire about the children in their care. Total numbers of children participating were 108 Israeli children and 132 American children. Caregivers were first asked to describe an ideal child, and then to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
Ediger, Marlow – 1985
The approximately 15,000 Hutterites living in the United States and Canada have a long history of development. Their founder, Jacob Hutter, became a martyr in 1536 in what is now Czechoslovakia. From Czechoslovakia, the Hutterites moved to the Ukraine in 1770 and to the United States in 1874. Hutterite philosophy emphasizes both modern and…
Descriptors: Collective Settlements, Cooperatives, Cultural Traits, Educational Philosophy
Ortiz, Flora Ida – 1984
To explicate the relevance of cultural context to educational administration practices, this paper contrasts United States cultural attitudes and administrative practices with those of Latin America. Drawing on Leslie A. White's definition of culture, the author presents the Weberian model of administration as exemplary for the United States,…
Descriptors: Administration, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context
