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ISEPSS 2014
2014 International Symposium on Education, Psychology and Social Sciences
May 7-9, 2014
Kyoto, Japan
The 2nd International Symposium on Education, Psychology and Social Sciences (ISEPSS 2014) will be held on May 7-9, 2014 in Kyoto, Japan. ISEPSS offers a wonderful opportunity to bring together professors, researchers and high education students of different disciplines, discuss new issues, and discover the most recent development and trends in education, psychology and Social science.
Call for Papers
We welcome original research papers not limited to the following related areas:
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Education | |
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Ault and Continuing Education |
Graduate and Postgraduate School of Curriculum Instruction |
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Psychology | |
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Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adults Cognitive, |
Educational and Psychological Sciences |
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Social Sciences | |
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Accounting |
Journalism |
| Important Dates | |
| Submission Deadline | February 15, 2014 |
| Acceptance Notification | March 1, 2014 |
| Full Paper Submission Deadline | March 20, 2014 |
| Registration Deadline | March 20, 2014 |
| Symposium Date | May 7-9, 2014 |
Keynote Speech Topic
Recognizing the Effect of Hidden Cultural
Bias in Cross-Cultural Communication
Stephen B. Ryan
Professor of Intercultural Communication
Yamagata University, Japan
Summary of Keynote
Culture is a meaning system of norms, beliefs, values and traditions that we share with other members of our community. It is both dynamic in that it evolves as we interact with different groups or contexts and stable as these values and beliefs are passed down from one generation to the next. It defines who we are as community members and shapes our interpretation of reality by helping us unconsciously select which stimuli are important and which can be ignored. In other words, culture helps us simplify, stereotype and make sense of a highly complex world in a smooth and efficient way.
As conference participants from all over the world gather here in Kyoto to present our research to others from distinct cultural backgrounds, we each bring with us a unique set of cultural norms and hidden cultural biases that we use to interpret others’ communicative behavior. Although this cross-cultural interaction is easily discernible, our interpretations and ultimate conclusions are based on unrecognized cultural schemata. This is problematic for the international sojourner because cross-cultural and psychology research has shown that our cultural schema creates a hidden bias that guides our behavior most often without our awareness.
The aim of my own research and this presentation are two fold. First, I hope to make clear that culture influences and shapes how we make decisions, interpret research findings and communicate with others. It is a pervasive influence that is vastly underestimated affecting all academic fields of study and yet its effects go largely unnoticed. The second aim is to present my research of how cultural schemata can be brought to the surface and investigated so that cross-cultural misunderstandings can be better understood or even avoided. The focus of my research is on business contexts between Japanese and Americans.
Publication Opportunities
Accepted and presented papers at the conference will be published by the ISEPPS in the official CD of proceedings and may be considered for inclusion in the journals in cooperation with the ISEPSS, which include:
1. Educational Research and Reviews (ISSN 1990-3839)
2. The International Journal of Psychology and Counselling (IJPC), Management Research Review (MRR)
3. Communication of emergent international management research (ISSN：2040-8269)
4. VSRD Technical & Non-Technical Journal (ISSN 0976-7967).
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