Chapter two of Geography of Thought talked about the folk metaphysics, the beliefs about the nature of the social and physical world, of Chinese and Greeks.
Nisbett mentions about "field dependence"(p43) and he says that farming people are more field dependent and they have better memory for faces, and sit together with others. I wonder if whether one is field dependent or not really changes the memory or the actions.
In page 45, it says that Westerners use logical rules more to understand events than Eastners. I do not know if I can agree with this because I think both Westerners and Asians are logical and there is no any big difference.
Yesterday, my dad came back from the US and after a long time of living separated, all the family members gathered today and had dinner together! I had been having a good time with my family today and I really did not feel like working on homeworks...but I had to...:( I think there is too much things to do for ELP.....:(
and why do we have classes tomorrow????D: lol
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