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1、AuthorTheImpactofIndividualismandCollectivismonShopliftingAttitudesandBehaviorsJoAnneSweeney~Criminology,Law&SocietyandPsychology&SocialBehaviorAbstractInadditiontothecriticalthink-hisstudyexploresthepsychologicalmotivationsbehindaspecificandwidespreadingskillsshegainedbyconduct-Ttypeofcrime:shoplif

2、ting.Whilesomeresearchhasbeendevotedtothiscrimeingresearch,JoAnnefeelsthatanditscauses,littleresearchexiststodiscoveritspsychologicalcauses.Subjectsshehasalsogainedavaluablecompletedasurveyaskingthemtodescribetheirshopliftingbehaviorsandattitudes.experiencethatwillcontributeTheyalsocompletedavaluesu

3、rveythatincludedtencross-culturallystablecatego-tohersuccessinlawschoolandhergoalofbecomingalawyer.ries.ThesecategoriesarepartofthelargerculturalconstructsofindividualismandJoAnne’sinterestinindividual-collectivism.Subjects’self-reportedvalueswereanalyzedwiththeirshopliftingpat-ismledtothedevelopmen

4、tofterns.Resultsindicatethatshopliftingsubjectsplacedmoreemphasisoncertainherproject,whichshedescribesindividualistvalues(PowerandHedonism)andlessemphasisoncertaincollectivistasbeingaverygratifyingexpe-values(BenevolenceandConformity)thantheirnon-shopliftingpeers.riencethathelpedhergainasenseof“cont

5、rolover[her]aca-demicdestiny.”Sheadvisesotherstudentstogetanearlystartinresearchandutilizeuni-versityprograms,faculty,andotherstudents.Shevaluesherundergraduateresearchexperi-encebecausethe“skills[sheFacultyMentorhas]gainedthroughthisprojectwillbeinvaluable.”JoAnneSweeney’sprojectismostsignificantto

6、meforitsinterdisci-plinarynature—crossingthetwolargeresearchdomainsofpsychol-ogyandcriminology.Shefoundaninterestingquestionthatal-lowedhertoreadwidelyandindependentlyinpersonalitytheory,KeyTerms:cross-culturalpsychology,andpriorstudiesofcriminaldeviance.¨CollectivismShethenhadtheexcellentexperience

7、ofapplyingherpriorcourse¨Horizontal(individualismworkonresearchmethodsandstatisticstopracticaltasksrangingfromseekingandcollectivism)fundingandhumansubjectsclearancetoaskingprofessorsforpermissiontosu