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Culture is a complex system of shared beliefs, values, practices, customs, and social behaviors

that shape the identity and worldview of a group of people. It includes language, religion,
cuisine, social habits, music, arts, and ways of interacting with others. Culture is passed down
through generations and evolves over time, influenced by factors like geography, history,
technology, and interaction with other cultures.

In addition to these tangible aspects, culture also encompasses deeper elements like norms,
morals, and ideas about what is considered "normal" or "right." Culture affects how people
interpret their experiences, express themselves, and understand the world around them. Each
society has a unique culture, but even within a single society, there can be many subcultures that
reflect diverse backgrounds, interests, or lifestyles

• Collectivist vs. Individualist Self-Concepts: Collectivist cultures tend to define the self in
terms of group identity and relationships, often linked to specific situations or contexts.
Individualists, in contrast, typically view the self as more independent of social contexts.

• Interdependent Self: In research, the "interdependent self" generally combines both social
(related to group identity) and contextual (linked to specific situations) aspects. These aren’t
usually separated in discussions of interdependence.

• Findings in This Study: In this study, social and contextual self-concepts were closely
related, as most "social" self-descriptions were also "contextual." This combined "social-
contextual" self-concept predicted both:

• Vertical Collectivism (valuing group subordination), and


• Vertical Individualism (valuing competition).

• New Insight from Coding System: This study's coding approach allowed a distinction
between social and contextual aspects. It found that individualism-collectivism (I-C) was mainly
associated with the difference between social and autonomous (personal, individual) self-
concepts, rather than with whether self-concepts were contextual or abstract.

• Role of Contextual Self: When controlling for social aspects, the contextual self alone did not
link significantly to I-C, suggesting that cultural factors other than I-C might influence how
people see themselves in specific contexts.

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