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ERIC Number: EJ574082
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Concepts of Human Differences: A Comparison of American, Japanese, and Chinese Children and Adolescents.
Crystal, David S.; Watanabe, Hirozumi; Wu, Chin; Weinfurt, Kevin
Developmental Psychology, v34 n4 p714-22 Jul 1998
Concepts of human differences were studied among 5th and 11th graders in the United States, Japan, and China. Relative to their peers, more American students noted differences in appearance/attractiveness and material resources; more Japanese noted various physical features, and more Chinese noted specific behaviors. With increasing age, Americans reported more, and Asians fewer, distinct categories of human differences. (Author/EV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Grade 5, Individual Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Adolescent Attitudes; Americans (United States); Chinese People; Japanese People
Note: Special Issue on: "Social and Emotional Development: A Cross-Cultural Perspective."