With the aim of making both cross-cultural and within-Turkey comparisons of young adults’ percept... more With the aim of making both cross-cultural and within-Turkey comparisons of young adults’ perceptions of their parents’ child-rearing practices with regard to acceptance, psychological control and firm control, the Children’s Report of Parent Behavior Inventory (CRPBI-30; Schludermann and Schludermann, 1988) was administered to 271 U.S. and 921 Turkish university students. Turkish respondents, from 3 distinct geographical areas of Turkey (Metropolitan, West and Central-East Anatolia), also completed a measure of horizontal and vertical collectivism. Acceptance scores were similar across cultures, while parents in Turkey were rated higher on psychological control and U.S. parents were rated higher on firm control. Acceptance was negatively related to both types of control scores in both cultures. Regional differences within Turkish culture were found in the impact of factors such as sex of parent, sex of child, educational level of parents, and level of vertical collectivism in predicting parental acceptance and control scores.
Appreciating the humor in jokes involves incongruity-detection and resolution, which requires goo... more Appreciating the humor in jokes involves incongruity-detection and resolution, which requires good language skills. Foreign language comprehension is challenging, including interpreting words within their sentence context. An implication is that jokes in a foreign language will be more difficult to understand and therefore probably less humorous, compared to native language jokes. To study this question while preserving humor across translations, jokes were selected from Turkish and English websites to minimize language play and cultural references. Turkish university students rated both Turkish and English jokes for humor. Humor for foreign language jokes was positively correlated with ease-of-understanding of specific jokes and also by the individual-differences characteristics of English proficiency and likely career investment (e.g., preparing for a future career as English teacher or translator). We propose the proficiency X investment theory: Foreign language jokes will be exp...
Oz Şehir yasami insanlara, ailelerine ve yakin arkadaslarina guvenme ihtiyacini azaltan kolaylikl... more Oz Şehir yasami insanlara, ailelerine ve yakin arkadaslarina guvenme ihtiyacini azaltan kolayliklar sunmaktadir. Bu arastirmada buyuk sehirde yasayanlarin kirsalda yasayanlara gore daha bireyselci ve daha az toplulukcu olacagini one suren sehirlesme hipotezi sinanmistir. Bireyselcilik, toplulukculuk ve ailecilik Turkiye'nin birkac sehrinde ve bir ABD sehrindeki (Boston) universite ogrencileri arasinda olculmustur. Şehirlesmenin bireycilikten cok grup ici otorite figurlerinin bireysel amaclarin onune gecmesi olarak tanimlanan dikey toplulukculugun dusuk duzeyleri ve ailecilikle (aile ici toplumsalcilikla) iliskili olarak degistigi bulgulanmistir. Ailecilik ve dikey toplulukculuk kirsal alanlara nazaran, genis kentsel alanlarda daha az kabul gormektedir. Bu iliskiler, sehir yasaminin hangi ozelliklerinin (gelir duzeyi, egitim duzeyi, dini inanc, aileyle yasamanin pek tercih edilmemesi) toplulukcu degerleri etkilemesine iliskin daha spesifik sorular sormak icin bir temel olusturmaktadir. Anahtar Kelimeler: bireyselcilik, toplulukculuk, modernlesme, kulturlerarasi psikoloji
Does a native language suffer when students take all of their classes in a foreign language, even... more Does a native language suffer when students take all of their classes in a foreign language, even in their home country? Turkish students studying psychology, economics, or English literature with English as the language of instruction (N = 91) were studied across a three-year period. Test scores, word fluency measures, and self-ratings were broadly comparable with students enrolled in a standard Turkish curriculum (N = 74). However, differences were obtained among English literature students, many of whom anticipate careers as English teachers or translators. These students had lower Turkish entrance exam scores, and word fluency scores were higher in English than Turkish, while the reverse was found for all other students, including other English-medium instructed students. The self-assessed L1-Turkish writing abilities of the English literature students also declined slightly across the three-year study. We conclude that intense engagement with a foreign language may put the native language at risk for temporary attrition, but studying with a foreign-language as the medium of instruction does not.
ABSTRACT Turkish university students who had learned English via classroom instruction read six e... more ABSTRACT Turkish university students who had learned English via classroom instruction read six ethical dilemmas (three in English, three in Turkish) while skin conductance was recorded. Ratings of agreement with selfish actions were higher in the foreign language; agreement with ethical actions were higher in the native language. The skin conductance responses (SCRs) elicited by selfish statements were stronger than SCRs elicited by ethical statements, consistent with feeling anxious at violating ethical norms. The difference between SCR magnitudes for the selfish and ethical statements was smaller in the foreign language condition, consistent with somatic markers guiding action choices. In addition, SCRs were overall larger in the foreign language, suggesting an effort/stress response which swamped or obscured emotional signals elicited by the ethical vs. selfish content. Results indicate a role for dampening of the emotional contribution in foreign language decision making, due to the cognitive load and stress of reading/evaluating foreign language dilemmas.
With the aim of making both cross-cultural and within-Turkey comparisons of young adults’ percept... more With the aim of making both cross-cultural and within-Turkey comparisons of young adults’ perceptions of their parents’ child-rearing practices with regard to acceptance, psychological control and firm control, the Children’s Report of Parent Behavior Inventory (CRPBI-30; Schludermann and Schludermann, 1988) was administered to 271 U.S. and 921 Turkish university students. Turkish respondents, from 3 distinct geographical areas of Turkey (Metropolitan, West and Central-East Anatolia), also completed a measure of horizontal and vertical collectivism. Acceptance scores were similar across cultures, while parents in Turkey were rated higher on psychological control and U.S. parents were rated higher on firm control. Acceptance was negatively related to both types of control scores in both cultures. Regional differences within Turkish culture were found in the impact of factors such as sex of parent, sex of child, educational level of parents, and level of vertical collectivism in predicting parental acceptance and control scores.
Appreciating the humor in jokes involves incongruity-detection and resolution, which requires goo... more Appreciating the humor in jokes involves incongruity-detection and resolution, which requires good language skills. Foreign language comprehension is challenging, including interpreting words within their sentence context. An implication is that jokes in a foreign language will be more difficult to understand and therefore probably less humorous, compared to native language jokes. To study this question while preserving humor across translations, jokes were selected from Turkish and English websites to minimize language play and cultural references. Turkish university students rated both Turkish and English jokes for humor. Humor for foreign language jokes was positively correlated with ease-of-understanding of specific jokes and also by the individual-differences characteristics of English proficiency and likely career investment (e.g., preparing for a future career as English teacher or translator). We propose the proficiency X investment theory: Foreign language jokes will be exp...
Oz Şehir yasami insanlara, ailelerine ve yakin arkadaslarina guvenme ihtiyacini azaltan kolaylikl... more Oz Şehir yasami insanlara, ailelerine ve yakin arkadaslarina guvenme ihtiyacini azaltan kolayliklar sunmaktadir. Bu arastirmada buyuk sehirde yasayanlarin kirsalda yasayanlara gore daha bireyselci ve daha az toplulukcu olacagini one suren sehirlesme hipotezi sinanmistir. Bireyselcilik, toplulukculuk ve ailecilik Turkiye'nin birkac sehrinde ve bir ABD sehrindeki (Boston) universite ogrencileri arasinda olculmustur. Şehirlesmenin bireycilikten cok grup ici otorite figurlerinin bireysel amaclarin onune gecmesi olarak tanimlanan dikey toplulukculugun dusuk duzeyleri ve ailecilikle (aile ici toplumsalcilikla) iliskili olarak degistigi bulgulanmistir. Ailecilik ve dikey toplulukculuk kirsal alanlara nazaran, genis kentsel alanlarda daha az kabul gormektedir. Bu iliskiler, sehir yasaminin hangi ozelliklerinin (gelir duzeyi, egitim duzeyi, dini inanc, aileyle yasamanin pek tercih edilmemesi) toplulukcu degerleri etkilemesine iliskin daha spesifik sorular sormak icin bir temel olusturmaktadir. Anahtar Kelimeler: bireyselcilik, toplulukculuk, modernlesme, kulturlerarasi psikoloji
Does a native language suffer when students take all of their classes in a foreign language, even... more Does a native language suffer when students take all of their classes in a foreign language, even in their home country? Turkish students studying psychology, economics, or English literature with English as the language of instruction (N = 91) were studied across a three-year period. Test scores, word fluency measures, and self-ratings were broadly comparable with students enrolled in a standard Turkish curriculum (N = 74). However, differences were obtained among English literature students, many of whom anticipate careers as English teachers or translators. These students had lower Turkish entrance exam scores, and word fluency scores were higher in English than Turkish, while the reverse was found for all other students, including other English-medium instructed students. The self-assessed L1-Turkish writing abilities of the English literature students also declined slightly across the three-year study. We conclude that intense engagement with a foreign language may put the native language at risk for temporary attrition, but studying with a foreign-language as the medium of instruction does not.
ABSTRACT Turkish university students who had learned English via classroom instruction read six e... more ABSTRACT Turkish university students who had learned English via classroom instruction read six ethical dilemmas (three in English, three in Turkish) while skin conductance was recorded. Ratings of agreement with selfish actions were higher in the foreign language; agreement with ethical actions were higher in the native language. The skin conductance responses (SCRs) elicited by selfish statements were stronger than SCRs elicited by ethical statements, consistent with feeling anxious at violating ethical norms. The difference between SCR magnitudes for the selfish and ethical statements was smaller in the foreign language condition, consistent with somatic markers guiding action choices. In addition, SCRs were overall larger in the foreign language, suggesting an effort/stress response which swamped or obscured emotional signals elicited by the ethical vs. selfish content. Results indicate a role for dampening of the emotional contribution in foreign language decision making, due to the cognitive load and stress of reading/evaluating foreign language dilemmas.
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