Publication

2011 - Nicholas Brealey Pub., London, England

Language

English

Word Count

86,500 words, Guess

Page Count

346 pages

Physical Format

Electronic resource

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC153.4
  • DDC153.401
  • LCCBF311 .N565

Description

When Richard Nisbett showed an animated underwater scene to his American students, they zeroed in on a big fish swimming among smaller fish. Japanese subjects, on the other hand, made observations about the background environment ... and the different "seeings" are a clue to profound underlying cognitive differences between Westerners and East Asians. As Professor Nisbett shows in The Geography of Thought people actually think - and even see - the world differently, because of differing ecologies, social structures, philosophies, and educational systems that date back to ancient Greece and China.

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Other Editions

  • The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently-- And WhyElectronic resourceNicholas Brealey Pub.2011-01-01

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