Research areas: Cultural differences and cultural processes; language
and communication; group processes and intergroup relations; achievement
motivation; implicit theories and person cognition; personality processes; and
creativity.
Book
Wyer,
R. S. Jr., Chiu, C-y., & Hong, Y-y. (Eds.) (2009). Understanding culture: Theory, research
and application. New York: Psychology Press.
Journal Articles
Chao, M. M., Chiu,
C-y., & Lee, J. S. (in press). Asians as the model minority: Implications
for U.S. Government's policies. Asian Journal of Social Psychology.
Chao, M. M., Zhang,
Z-X., & Chiu, C-y. (in press). Adherence to perceived norms across cultural
boundaries: The role of need for cognitive closure and ingroup identification. Group
Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Chen, J., Chiu, C-y.,
& Chan, F. S-F. (in press). The cultural effects of job mobility and the
belief in a fixed world. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Chen, X., & Chiu,
C-y. (in press). Rural-urban differences in generation of Chinese and Western
exemplary persons: The case of China. Asian Journal of Social Psychology.
Kim, Y-h., Chiu, C-y.,
Peng, S., Cai, H., & Tov, W. (in press). Explaining East-West differences
in the likelihood of making favorable self-evaluations. Journal of
Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Yang, Y-J., & Chiu,
C-y. (in press). Mapping the structure and dynamics of psychological knowledge:
Forty years of APA journal citations (1970-2009). Review of General
Psychology.
Wan,
C., Torelli, C., & Chiu, C-y. (in press). Intersubjective consensus and the
maintenance of normative shared reality. Social Cognition.
Kramer, T., Lau-Gesk, L., &
Chiu, C-y. (in press). Biculturalism and mixed emotions: Managing cultural and
emotional duality. Journal of Consumer
Psychology.
Leung, A. K-y.,
& Chiu, C-y. (in press). Multicultural experiences, idea receptiveness, and
creativity. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Chaturvedi, A.,
Chiu, C-y., & Viswanathan, M. (2009). Literacy, negotiable fate, and
thinking style among low income women in India. Journal of Cross-Cultural
Psychology, 40, 880-893.
Chiu, C-y., Mallorie, L., Keh, H-T., &
Law, W. (2009). Perceptions of culture in multicultural space: Joint
presentation of images from two cultures increases ingroup attribution of
culture-typical characteristics. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 40,
282-300.
Lalwani, A. K., Shrum, L. J., & Chiu,
C-y. (2009). Motivated response style: The role of cultural values, regulatory
focus, and self-consciousness in socially desirable responding. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 870-882.
Maddux, W. M.,
Leung, A. K-y., Chiu, C-y., & Galinsky, A. (2009). Toward a more complete
understanding of the link between multicultural experience and creativity.
American Psychologist, 64, 156-158.
Pualengco, P. P., Chiu,
C-y., & Kim, Y-H. (2009). Cultural variations in preemptive effort
downplaying. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 12, 12-19.
Wirtz, D., Chiu, C-y.,
Diener, E., & Oishi, S. (2009). What constitutes a good life? Cultural
differences in the role of positive and negative affect in subjective
well-being. Journal of Personality, 77, 1167-1196.
Zou, X., Tam,
K-p., Morris, M. W., Lee, S-l., Lau, Y-m., & Chiu, C-y. (2009). Culture as
common sense: Perceived consensus vs. personal beliefs as mechanisms of
cultural influence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97,
579-597.
Chao,
M. M., Zhang, Z., & Chiu, C-y. (2008). Personal and collective culpability
judgment: A functional analysis of East Asian-North American differences.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 39, 730-744.
Chow, D. S., Au,
E., & Chiu, C-y. (2008). Predicting the psychological health of older
adults: Interaction of age-based rejection sensitivity and discriminative
facility. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 169-182.
Kim, Y-h., Peng,
S., & Chiu, C-y. (2008). Explaining self-esteem differences between Chinese
and North Americans: Dialectical self (vs. self-consistency) or lack of
positive self-regards. Self and Identity, 7, 113-128.
Kreuzbauer, R., & Chiu, C-y. (2008). The psycho-economics of money and
social support. Psychological Inquiry, 19, 148-152 .
Leung, A. K-y.,
& Chiu, C-y. (2008). Interactive effects of multicultural experiences and
openness to experience on creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 20,
376-382.
Leung, A. K-y.,
Maddux, W. W., Galinsky, A. D., & Chiu, C-y. (2008). Multicultural
experience enhances creativity: The when and how? American Psychologist, 63, 169-181.
Tam, K-p., Leung,
A. J-y., & Chiu, C-y. (2008). On being a mindful authoritarian: Is need for
cognition always associated with less punitiveness. Political Psychology,
29, 77-91.
Wang, Y., Wiley,
A., & Chiu, C-y. (2008). Independence-supportive praise versus
interdependence promoting praise. International Journal of Behavioral
Development, 32, 13-20.
Chapters
Au, E., Wan,
W. W. N., & Chiu, C-y. (forthcoming). The social and cultural context of
cognition: A knowledge perspective. In S. Kreitler (Ed.), Cognition and motivation: Forging an interdisciplinary perspective. New
York: Cambridge University Press.
Cheng, S. Y-Y.,
& Chiu, C-y. (forthcoming). Here is to the crazy ones: A communication
perspective to the emergence of a brand culture. In E. Morsella, E. (Ed.). Expressing oneself / Expressing one's self:
A Festschrift in honor of Robert M. Krauss. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Publishers.
Cheng, S.
Y-Y., & Chiu, C-y. (forthcoming). Cultural psychology of globalization. In Proceedings of the International Congress of
Psychology, Berlin, 2008
Chiu, C-y., Au, E. W-M., Kim, Y-H.,
& Chaturvedi, A. (forthcoming). The case for collective evolution:
Revisiting the Donald Campbell legacy. In M. Schaller, S. J. Heine, A. Norenzayan,
A., T. Yamagishi, & T. Kameda (Eds.), Evolution,
culture, and the human mind. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Chiu, C-y., & Kim, Y-h.
(forthcoming). Rethinking culture and the self: Some basic principles and
their implications. In S. Breugelmans, A. Chasiotis, & van de Vijver
(Eds.), Fundamental questions in
cross-cultural psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Hong, Y-y.,
Yang, Y-j., & Chiu, C-y. (forthcoming). What is Chinese about Chinese
psychology? Who are the Chinese in Chinese psychology? In M. H. Bond (Ed.), Handbook of Chinese psychology. New
York: Oxford University Press.
Tay, L., Woo, S. E., Klafehn,
J., & Chiu, C-y. (forthcoming). Conceptualizing and measuring culture:
Problems and solutions. In E. Tucker, M. Viswanathan & G. Walford
(Eds.), The handbook of measurement:
How social scientists generate, modify, and validate indicators and scales. Sage.
Bond, M. H., Brislin, R. W., Chiu,
C-y. et al. (2009). The present and future state of cultural research and
theory. In R. Wyer, C-y. Chiu, & Y. Hong (Eds.), Understanding culture: Theory, research and application. New
York: Psychology Press.
Chiu, C-y., & Chao, M. M.
(2009). Society, culture, and the person: Ways to personalize and
socialize cultural psychology. In R. Wyer, C-y. Chiu, & Y. Hong
(Eds.), Understanding culture:
Theory, research and application. New York: Psychology Press.
Wan, C., & Chiu, C-y.
(2009). Intersubjective consensus approach to culture. In R. Wyer, C-y. Chiu,
& Y. Hong (Eds.), Understanding
culture: Theory, research and application. New York: Psychology Press.
Banerjee, P. M., & Chiu, C-y.
(2008). Professional biculturalism enculturation training: A new perspective on
managing R&D and marketing interface. In M. A. Rahim (Ed.), Current
topics in management (Vol. 13, pp. 145-159). New Brunswick, NY: Transaction
Publishers.
Chiu, C-y., Kim, Y-H., & Wan, W.
N. (2008). Personality: Cross-cultural perspectives. In G. J. Boyle, G.
Matthews, & D. H. Salofske (Eds.), Sage handbook of personality theory and assessment. Vol. 1: Personality
theory and testing. London: Sage.
Klafehn, J., Benerjee, P., & Chiu,
C-y. (2008). Navigating cultures: A model of metacognitive intercultural
intelligence. In S. Ang, & Van Dyne (Eds.), Handbook of cultural intelligence. Armonk, New York: M E. Sharpe.
Wirtz, D., & Chiu, C-y. (2008).
Perspectives on the self in the East and West: Searching for the 'subdued' ego.
In H. Wayment & J. Bauer (Eds.), Quieting
the ego: Psychological benefits of transcending egotism. Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.