Cultural Differences Between North American And Japanese

Heine, Lehman, Ide, Leung, Kitayama, Takata, and Matsumoto (2001) performed a study on the cultural differences between North American and Japanese natives in their model of self as well as their perception of success and failure. The researchers found that Japanese students are more sensitive to information related to their weaknesses while American students are more sensitive to information related to their strengths. The Japanese students worked much harder when focusing on their weaknesses while American students worked harder while working on their strengths. Ultimately, Americans used a self-enhancing strategy while the Japanese used a self-improving strategy. Both cultures share similar goals of achievement but they use vastly different strategies in achieving these goals. As we look back at the Khan

The majority of the tips were aimed at increasing the confidence and self esteem of the students rather than focusing primarily on their weaknesses. Another important focus was on using constant internal attributes to create a more positive outcome rather than relying on traditional study methods that are designed for everybody, for example, designing creative methods for studying. Another point that was made was the importance of external factors whether it be getting a good night sleep or eating a full breakfast. Could these factors that had nothing to do with the studying process really affect our performance by that much? We may be able to explain these tips by examining our culture’s causal attribution. Causal Attribution is a term that refers to the process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events. Previous research has shown that East Asians tend to use an interactional model of causality while Americans use a more dispositional model of causality. In other