in some collectivist cultures, intense romantic love is viewed as immature and threatening to the family structure. How might you explain this finding?
Consider these questions and how you would answer them, and why. (You will not be asked to share this information.) After reading the textbook and considering your own beliefs on these issues, respond to the following questions:
- Levine and colleagues found that members of individualist cultures were more likely than members of collectivist cultures to view love as important in decisions about marriage. In fact, in some collectivist cultures, intense romantic love is viewed as immature and threatening to the family structure. How might you explain this finding? Be sure to explain the finding for both collectivistic and individualistic cultures.
- Levine and colleagues also reported a distinction among collectivist cultures, with members of more economically developed countries (such as Japan and Hong Kong) attributing greater importance to love than less economically developed collectivist cultures (such as India, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines). How might you explain these findings? Make sure to explain the finding for both more and less economically developed collectivist cultures.
