Hong and colleagues (2003) primed bicultural students with American, Chinese, or neutral images. Why were they able to make more dispositional attributions in the American condition and more situational attributions in the Chinese condition?

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Priming with different cultural images influenced the way the participants thought and made attributions. The American images may have activated more individualistic and dispositional thinking, while the Chinese images may have activated more collectivistic and situational thinking. This suggests that cultural context can influence the way we make attributions.

Hong and Colleagues (2003) Primed Bicultural Students with American, Chinese