Collectivist frames attribute causality to whole groups rather than individual actors

Evidence

This belief in the entitativity of groups means that groups are viewed as causing events and as being responsible for the actions of group members (Morris, 1998), while individual actors are less likely to be viewed as causing outcomes (Morris & Peng, 1994). — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 1028

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to attribution theory and the fundamental attribution error from ch56; collectivism redirects causal attribution from individuals to entitative groups. — connects to: Merely categorizing people into us and them generates in-group favoritism and out-group devaluation; In-group boundaries within collectivism are permeable only by birth, not achievement — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 1025; Collectivists describe roles while individualists describe group categories — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1626 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Collectivists describe roles while individualists describe group categories #expands (0.85) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1626
• In-group trust bias is stronger in individualist than collectivist cultures #corroborates (0.80) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1632
• Social outcomes depend on joint causation, making individualist rule-following wrong for policy #qualifies (0.75)
• Emotions can belong to groups rather than only to individuals #expands (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2261