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Dynamic Biculturalism: Socially Connected and Individuated Unique Selves in a Globalized World
Article first published online: 2 APR 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2009.00174.x
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Bender, M. and Ng, S. H. (2009), Dynamic Biculturalism: Socially Connected and Individuated Unique Selves in a Globalized World. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 3: 199–210. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2009.00174.x
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- Issue published online: 27 MAY 2009
- Article first published online: 2 APR 2009
- Social and Personality Psychology Compass 3/3 (2009): 199–210, 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2009.00174.x
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Abstract
In an increasingly connected world brought about by globalization, opportunities abound for countries and individuals to become bicultural or multicultural. This paper reviewed experimental studies that were designed to test bicultural Chinese individuals’ responsiveness to Chinese and Western culture primes with regard to autobiographical memory, the inclusion of significant others in the self-concept, and how such self-inclusiveness can be revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging of the bicultural brain. Results showed that across all three areas, bicultural individuals resonated to the specific cultural context by displaying their socially connected or individuated unique self in support the ‘alternation’ model of biculturalism (LaFromboise, Coleman, & Gerton, 1993) and its underlying dynamism.