Recall the Cross-Cultural Differences in the Self-Serving Bias Between Eastern

question 39

Essay

Recall the cross-cultural differences in the self-serving bias between Eastern and Western cultures.Describe the differences, and provide an example of how someone in China might attribute a failure compared to someone from Canada.

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Definitions:

CS Preexposure Effect

A phenomenon in classical conditioning where prior exposure to the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus can inhibit the formation of a conditioned response.

Potentiation

Potentiation refers to the increase in strength of nerve impulses along pathways that have been used previously, either short-term or long-term.

Rescorla-Wagner Model

A mathematical model that describes how the strength of a stimulus in classical conditioning is a function of its association with the unconditioned stimulus.