蒲安梅博士
副系主任 (國際交流) / 副教授 / 社群心理健康研究中心成員
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buchtel@eduhk.hk
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Introduction
Dr. Buchtel received her PhD in cultural psychology (social/personality area; quantitative minor) from the University of British Columbia in 2009, and her B.A. from Yale University in 1999. In between, she spent four years in Changsha and Beijing, teaching English at the high school and university levels and learning Mandarin Chinese.
My research seeks to explore and deepen our understanding of Chinese cultural influences on psychology, including moral concepts, values, motivation and reasoning styles, and their implications for Western theories. I use interdisciplinary approaches, multiple/mixed methods with cross-cultural data (e.g. psychophysiological data, qualitative data, quantitative surveys and experiments) and adopt open-science practices.
https://emma-buchtel.wixsite.com/home
In my teaching, I aim to cultivate positive attitudes towards diversity, curiosity and excitement about new ideas, and to teach skills that help my students learn and benefit from different perspectives. Please take a look at our pedagogical project on teaching discussion skills in the Hong Kong context (https://eduhk-pt.wixsite.com/ptindiscussion), cultivating positive affective attitudes towards culture (https://cultivateglobalpers.wixsite.com/home). I have also given a TEDx talk on how to connect across cultures despite differences in moral concepts, “Culture, Morality and Connecting Across Differences” (https://youtu.be/LToLDHWKGBE), and a little teaching video on how to visualize the within-culture diversity that exist even though there are also on-average cultural differences: “De-Essentializing Bar Graphs: Diversity within Differences” (https://youtu.be/RsPFyy4MptY).
Highest Degree Obtained
PhD, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2009
Membership of Professional Societies
Member, American Psychological Society (APS)
Member and Hong Kong Regional Representative, Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP)
Member and East Asia Regional Representative, International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP)
Member, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
Member, Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP)
Honours/Awards
2018
President’s Award for Outstanding Administrative Services (Team Award) (EdUHK)
2015
President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching2014/15 (EdUHK)
2010
Harry and Pola Triandis Doctoral Thesis Award (IACCP)
Teaching in Current Academic Year
Social Psychology
Cross-Cultural Communication
Research Thesis
Current External Competitive Grants
“Filial values and “unhealthy practices:” When is corruption increased by Confucian virtues? The roles of moral conflict and societal transparency.” (2018 – 2020), HK$664,052, funded by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council General Research Fund (RGC / GRF). PI: Emma E. Buchtel. Co-I’s: Yanjun Guan, Xiao-xiao Liu, Hagop Sarkissian.
“Understanding China’s Changing Moral Psychology” (2019 - 2023), USD$217,817 [HK$1,709,721], funded by the Templeton World Charities Foundation. PI: Ryan Nichols (Philosophy, Fullerton CSU). Team members: Emma E. Buchtel & 14 other cross-disciplinary collaborators.
Selected Recent Publications
i) Refereed Journal Articles
Buchtel, E. E., Ng, L. C. Y., Bidwell, A., & Cannon, P. R. (in press). Moral expressions in Hong Kong, New Zealand, and the U.K.: Cultural similarities and differences in how affective facial muscle activity predicts judgments. Emotion.
Buchtel, E. E. (in press). The joy of obligation: Human cultural worldviews can enhance the rewards of meeting obligations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Buchtel, E. E., Ma, P. P. L, & Guan, Y. (2019). Assessing the similarity of injunctive norm profiles across different social roles: The effect of closeness and status in the United States and China. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 50(10), 1140-1160. doi:10.1177/1357
Yang, X., Guan, Y., Zhang, Y., She, Z., Buchtel, E. E., Mak, M. C. K., & Hu, H. (2019). A relational model of career adaptability and career prospects: The roles of leader–member exchange and agreeableness. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12301
Hannikainen, I. R., Machery, E., Rose, D., Stich, S., Olivola, C. Y., Sousa, P., Cova, F., Buchtel, E. E. …Zhu, J. (2019). For whom does determinism undermine moral responsibility? Surveying the conditions for free will across cultures. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, p. 2428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02428
Zhu, F., Cai, Z., Buchtel, E. E., & Guan, Y. (2019). Career construction in social exchange: a dual-path model linking career adaptability to turnover intention. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 112, 282–293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2019.04.003
Buchtel, E. E., Ng, L. C. Y., Norenzayan, A., Heine, S. J., Biesanz, J. C., Chen, S. X., Bond, M. H., Peng, Q., & Su, Y. (2018). A sense of obligation: Cultural differences in the experience of obligation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44(11), 1545-1566. https://doi.org/10.1177/9610
Magee, C., Buchtel, E. E., Human, L. J., Murray, D. R., & Biesanz, J. C. (2018). Is personality variability associated with adjustment? Journal of Research in Personality, 72, 22-43.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.08.005
Chen, S. X., Ng, J. C. K., Buchtel, E. E., Guan, Y., Deng, H., & Bond, M. H. (2017). The added value of worldviews over self-views: Predicting modest behavior in Eastern and Western cultures. British Journal of Social Psychology, 56(4), 723-749. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12196
Gervais, W. M., Xygalatas, D., McKay, R. T., van Elk, M., Buchtel, E. E., Aveyard, M., Schiavone, S., Dar-Nimrod, I., Svedholm-Häkkinen, A. M., Riekki, T., Kundtová Klocová, E., Ramsay, J. E., Bulbulia, J. (2017). Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists. Nature Human Behavior (1). doi:10.1038/s41562-017-0151
Chen, S. X., Lam, B. C. P., Wu, W. C. H., Ng, J. C. K., Buchtel, E. E., Guan, Y., & Deng, H. (2016). Do people’s world views matter? The why and how. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(5), 743-765. doi:10.1037/pspp0000061
Chen, S. X., Lam, B. C. P., Hui, B. P. H., Ng, J. C. K., Mak, W. W. S., Guan, Y., Buchtel, E. E., Tang, W. C. S., & Lau, V. C. Y. (2016). Conceptualizing psychological processes in response to globalization: Components, antecedents, and consequences of global orientations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(2), 302-331. doi:10.1037/a0039647
Buchtel, E. E., Guan, Y., Peng, Q., Su, Y., Sang, B., Chen, S. X., & Bond, M. H. (2015). Immorality East and West: Are immoral behaviors especially harmful, or especially uncivilized? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(10), 1382-1394. doi:10.1177/5606
Chen, S. X., Lam, B. C. P.,Buchtel, E. E., & Bond, M.B. (2014). The conscientiousness paradox: Cultural mindset shapes competence perception.European Journal of Personality, 28(5), 425-436.
Buchtel, E. E.(2014). Cultural sensitivity or cultural stereotyping? Positive and negative effects of a cultural psychology class.International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 39, 40-52.
Dunn, E. W.,Buchtel, E. E., & Aknin, L. B. (2011). Consensus at the Heart of Division: Comment on Norton & Ariely (2011).Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6,13-14.
Leu, J., Mesquita, B., Ellsworth, P. C., Zhang, Z-Y., Yuan, H-J.,Buchtel, E. E., Karasawa, M., & Masuda, T. (2010). Situational differences in dialectical emotions: Boundary conditions in a cultural comparison of North Americans and East Asians.Cognition & Emotion, 24, 419-435.
Chen, S. X., Bond, M.B., Chan, B., Tang, D., &Buchtel, E. E.(2009). Behavioral Manifestations of Modesty.Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 40(4), 603-626
Heine, S. J. &Buchtel, E. E.(2009). Personality: The Universal and the Culturally Specific. Annual Review of Psychology, 60, 369-394.
Buchtel, E. E.& Norenzayan, A. (2008). Which should you use, intuition or logic? Cultural differences in injunctive norms about reasoning.Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 11,264-273.
Heine, S. J.,Buchtel, E. E.,& Norenzayan, A. (2008). What do cross-national comparisons of personality traits tell us? The case of conscientiousness.Psychological Science, 19:4, 309-313.
ii) Book Chapters
Buchtel, E. E.(2011). Methodology and current research directions in cross-cultural conflict resolution. In L. Biukovic & P. B. Potter (Eds.),International Trade and Selective Adaptation (pp. 28-58).Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
Buchtel, E. E.& Norenzayan, A. (2009). Thinking across cultures: Implications for dual processes. In J. Evans & K. Frankish, (Eds.),In two minds: Dual processes and beyond (pp. 217-238). Oxford: Oxford University Press.