Asian selves are defined chiefly by their web of significant relationships

Evidence

According to their view, Asian cultures “are organized according to meanings and practices that promote the fundamental connectedness among individuals within a significant relationship (e.g., family, workplace, and classroom)” (Kitayama et al., p. 1247). Furthermore, “the self is made meaningful primarily in reference to those social relations of which the self is a participating part” (p. 1247). As implicated in the Confucian paradigm, individuals see themselves situated symbolically in the web of a relational network through which they define themselves (King & Bond, 1985). — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1615

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes relational self from collective self in the prejudice/in-group literature.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1615