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1、TheDifferentThoughtPatternsbetweenWesternersandChinese论文摘要不同的文化背景,孕育不同的思维方式和文化特征。这里通过对中西方思维方式的比较分析,揭示了中国人偏好于形象思维和综合思维和求同的思维方式,而西方人偏好于抽象思维或逻辑思维、分析思维和求异的思维方式。在此基础上,分别就形成这些差异的原因进行了剖析。并说明了这些思维方式在跨文化交流中会造成不同的人生观和价值观、不同的行为方式和交往方式。关键词：思维方式、差异、中西方、文化差异8AbstractDifferentculturalback
2、groundsnurtureadifferentwayofthinkingandculturalidentity.HerethroughthecomparativeanalysisofthewayofthinkingbetweenChinaandtheWest,itrevealsthatChinesepeopleprefertheimagethinkingandintegratedthinkingandemphasizingcollectivism,whiletheWesternerspreferabstractthinkingorlogic
3、althinking,analyticalthinkingandemphasizingindividualism.Onthisbasis,itanalyzesthereasonshowthedifferencesareformedrespectively.Anditexplainsthewayofthinkingisthecauseofdifferentoutlookonlifeandvalues,differentbehaviorandcommunicationmethodsincross-culturalcommunication.Key
4、words:wayofthinking,difference,ChinaandtheWest,culturaldifferences8TheDifferentThoughtPatternsbetweenWesternersandChinese1.Themajordifferencesofthoughtpatterns1.1Chinesepeoplepreferimagethinkingwhilewesternerspreferlogicalthinking.Imagethinkingcanbedefinedasakindofthinkinga
5、ctivity,whichisabstractandcomprehensive,dependingonimagestoanalyzeandgeneralizecommonthingsindailylife(JiaandPan,282).Inanotherwayitmeanswhenwesayanobjecttosomeone,beforeitispresented,theimageofitalreadyoccurredinthemind.Forexample,wheneverwerecallanacquaintanceorafriend,hi
6、sfacewillimmediatelyemerge.Inthisway,imagethinkingusuallycontainsaprocessofimagination.Sothiswayofthinkingisemotional,intuitive,andthusisambiguous,sowecannotmakeastrictdefinitionofthingsandcarryoutsomelogicalreasoning,letalonedosometeststoseewhetherthethingistrueornot.Weste
7、rnpeople,however,theyprefertologicalthinkingthatuseconceptstodosomejudgmentsandspeculations.Thiswayofthinkingneedstofollowsomelogicalrules,soitisrational,logicalandthusclear.1.2Chinesepeoplepreferintegratedthinkingwhilewesternerspreferanalyticalthinking.Integratedthinkingis
8、alsoknownascomprehensivethinking.Inintegratedthinking,itseeseachpartofanobjectasaw
