Complex Values in Different Cultures: Some Research Results of Psycholinguistic Experiments with Russian and Swedish Students

US-China Education Review A. 2012. Vol. 2. No. 1. P. 70–83.

Shabes V. Y., Troshchenkova E., Potapova T. M., Ivarsson L., Damber U., Bostedt G.

In the article on the basis of the psycholinguistic experimental data obtained in 2009-2010 from Russian and Swedish students (the project on Swedish Institute grant) we consider internal features of several complex values (“Harmony”, “Freedom”, “Democracy”, “Tolerance” and “Patriotism”) and analyze their external systemic organization, taking into account both specificity of the two cultures and gender specifics. We argue that value concepts are hierarchically organized, forming different generalization levels from the simple to the more complex ones with intricate overlapping among different complex values within the system.

Keywords: система ценностей, семантика, gender differences, гендерные различия, психолингвистический эксперимент, психолингвистика, value system, gender similarities, гендерные сходства, complex value, psycholinguistic experiment, cultural similarities, cultural differences, комплексная ценность, культурные сходства, культурные различия, социолингвистика, психология общения, процессы коммуникации, социальные нормы и ценности