Question

Please explain a few critical of what is culture, and social behavior based on the textbook Culture and Psychology by Matsumoto. Please cite your source. Thank you so much.

Answer 1

Culture, context, and behavior

David Matsumoto

Journal of personality 75 (6), 1285-1320, 2007

In this article David Matsumoto proposes a model that posits three major sources of influence on behavior

1. basic human nature (via universal psychological processes),

2.culture (via social roles),

3.personality (via individual role identities) and argue

According to David Matsumoto  individual behaviors are the products of the interaction between the above three.

He discusses how culture emerges from the interaction of basic human nature and the ecological contexts in which groups exist, and how social roles are determined by culture‐specific psychological meanings attributed to situational contexts.

Also the situational context moderates the relative contributions of the three sources in influencing behavior. He also provides examples of apparent contradictory findings in the study of emotion that can be explained by the model proposed.