Chapter 5 - "The Bad Seed" or "The Other Boys Made Him Do It?"

I think it is interesting to think that westerners and easterners have different ways and views when reporting something.
Nisbett explained this using example of a mass murderer reported by New York Times and World Journal. American reporters concerned more to the murderer's individual personality, whereas Chinese reporters preferred to focus on situational factors such as Chinese society, context and environments that surrounded the killer.

but I dont think the same thing can be said to Japanese media. though I haven't watched tv news recently, as far as i remember, I think Japanese TV news talk about both the criminals' personal flaws and their relationships.


i thought examples of soccer reporters, ball-dropping cartoon and fish experiment were interesting and was able to understand Nisbett's point easily.
also, the differences in negotiation strategies between Americans and Asians really caught my attention. it is said that Americans are more likely to fight against opponents. I have a feeling that westerners prefer more and also superior at debating than Asians, especially Japanese.

well, i think what nisbett says is interesting, but it is obvious that his theories do not apply to everyone.
at least the people in CB class, because many of us had lived abroad, we might think things in ways that are not distinctly western nor eastern way. I'm sure all of CB students have their own thoughts, which are mixture of western and eastern thoughts, that can not be described easily by Nisbett . I don't know why but that makes me feel exciting...^^


by the way.....today, when i was riding my bike to the campus to go to the library, I crashed into another bike at a crossroad in residential street. Fortunately, the old man (i think he said he was over 80...) who i crashed with was not injured at all, but i had broken his bike's front wheel. I had to pull the bike to the nearest store to have it fixed... and i also had to pay for that....my sanzenyen......it was the most tiring sunday I've ever had since the school started