Mindreading across cultural boundaries |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Australia;2. School of Business, The University of Queensland, Australia;1. Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy;2. Institute of Educational Research, School of Education, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany;1. Research Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain;2. Swedish School of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland;3. Sociometric Research Foundation, Spain;4. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland;5. Division of International Studies, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico;1. University of Bergen, Postboks 7807, 5020 Bergen, Norway;2. University of Oslo, Postboks 1094 Blindern, 0317 Oslo, Norway;1. Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway;2. Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal;3. Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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| Abstract: | Two studies were conducted to examine the role of culture in mindreading (i.e., the ability to read the mental states of others). We focused on features of the target (cultural ingroup or outgroup), as well as features of the perceiver (cultural competencies, Mono-Cultural or Cross-Cultural) that might affect mindreading accuracy. Study 1 found no difference in the mindreading accuracy of Caucasian Australians (N = 166) when presented with Caucasian Australian ingroup or Korean outgroup targets. However, exploratory moderation analyses showed participants’ mindreading of outgroup targets was more accurate the more open to experiences they were. Mindreading of outgroup targets was also better, the higher participants’ motivational cultural intelligence. Study 2 examined mindreading among Mono-Culturals and Cross-Culturals (N = 223). We found that Mono-Culturals were less accurate when mindreading outgroup than ingroup targets, but this effect was not observed for Cross-Culturals. Furthermore, cultural grounding was positively associated with mindreading accuracy of in/outgroup targets. The studies provide evidence that openness to other cultures and cross-cultural experiences respectively facilitates mindreading accuracy. |
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| Keywords: | Mindreading Theory of mind Cross-culturals Cultural identity Cultural intelligence Cultural competencies |
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