The Importance of Negotiating the Differences

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Tiederloos like rears his ugly head on vacations all the time You know, it's the kind of like people that love structure want everything planned I want to get up with the crack of dawn and then there's like the loose mindset that's very spontaneous. Both have their advantages But I find that what's fascinating whether it's on vacations or whether it's your spouse or your kids That what's helpful is to negotiate the differences And we know from the negotiation literature that you got identify your priorities Like what are the domains that if you're loose?Like what will you can you can you not give up on it if you looseness? And if you're tight like what are

Physicists study systems that are sufficiently simple that it’s possible to find deep unifying principles applicable to all situations. In psychology or sociology that’s a lot harder. But as I say at the end of this episode, Mindscape is a safe space for grand theories of everything. Psychologist Michele Gelfand claims that there’s a single dimension that captures a lot about how cultures differ: a spectrum between “tight” and “loose,” referring to the extent to which social norms are automatically respected. Oregon is loose; Alabama is tight. Italy is loose; Singapore is tight. It’s a provocative thesis, back up by copious amounts of data, that could shed light on human behavior not only in different parts of the world, but in different settings at work or at school.

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Michele Gelfand received her Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Illinois. She is currently Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and affiliate of the RH Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a past president of the International Association for Conflict Management. Among her numerous awards are the Carol and Ed Diener Award in Social Psychology, the Annaliese Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Outstanding International Psychologist Award from the American Psychological Association.

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