In the 1970s, Canadian sociologist John Alan Lee (1933–2013) came up with the typology of love styles, which many researchers interested in love have investigated since that time (Lee, 1973, 1976). His ideas about love and how to study it … Continue reading
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How John Lee Originally Assessed Love Styles
In the 1970s, a Canadian sociologist, John Alan Lee (1933–2013), developed the typology of love styles that attracted the attention of many love researchers (Lee, 1973, 1976). John Lee’s theory and method made important and original contributions to the study … Continue reading
The Typology of Love Styles Developed by John Alan Lee
What are the different types of love? Since the middle of the 20th century, the typology of love has been an interesting topic of inquiry for many people and love researchers. Scholars of love have proposed many different types of … Continue reading
How People Experience and Express Emotions in Individualistic Cultures
Several cultural ideals, the norms of social life, personality traits, emotions, and behavior define the individualistic features of societies. The key attributes of an individualistic culture are personal autonomy and relational independence, the primacy of a person’s individuality and uniqueness, … Continue reading
Cultural Values in Individualistic Cultures
Individualism and collectivism are the two opposite constructs and dimensions of culture. These dimensions have been among the most popular in cultural and cross-cultural studies of the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s (Hofstede, 1980/1984; Marsella et al., 1985; Triandis, 1995). … Continue reading
How People Experience Emotions in Collectivistic Cultures
People in collectivistic societies commonly have a personal identity strongly integrated into their group. Accordingly, the cultural norms of collectivistic societies assume interdependent relations with each other and with a group, such as extended family and kin. Their relational values … Continue reading
Cultural Values in Collectivistic Cultures
Collectivism and individualism were among the cultural constructs and dimensions that early cross-cultural psychologists identified and elaborated on in the 1980s and 1990s (Hofstede, 1980/1984; Marsella et al., 1985; Triandis, 1995). Since then, researchers have widely used the cultural parameters … Continue reading
Can People Build a True Egalitarian Society?
The idea of an egalitarian society, in which social equality between people is a cultural norm, sounds good for a society to be fair to all. Many could declare their desire to be fair-minded to others. However, this cultural value … Continue reading
The Last Equality Study Showed a Grimmer Perspective on Equality
Many modern societies have made great strides in promoting social equality. Some nations promote equality more than others. In Western and northern European countries, social equality has advanced quickly. The U.S. equality movement is slower. Voters and policymakers often oppose … Continue reading
These Experiments Show Why Equality Is Bad or Looks Bad
Many modern societies have made great strides toward implementing social policies and practices that promote social equality. However, cultural values of equality spread more rapidly in some nations than in others. Significant progress toward social equality, for example, has occurred … Continue reading