Dr Toshie Imada
Lecturer
Psychology
Brunel University
Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Biography
Qualifications
- PhD Psychology (University of Michigan)
- MSc Psychology ((University of Michigan)
- BA Psychology (Wellesley College)
Personal Biography
I received my PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan in 1998, where I also participated in the Culture & Cognition Program. I then undertook postdoctoral fellowships at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota (funded by the NIMH) and the Department of Psychology at Wesleyan University. During those years, I examined cross-cultural differences and similarities of various psychological tendencies in North Americans and East Asians. I joined Brunel University as a lecturer in 2012.Research
Research Overview
My research focuses on the interplay between individuals’ psychological processes and their cultural contexts. These processes include conscious levels of thoughts, memories, and beliefs as well as relatively more unconscious, automatically produced reactions. In addition, my research investigates cultural reproduction mechanisms by examining cultural products, narrative communication, and historical context. Through my research, I address the importance of understanding psychological processes in cultural contexts because psychological qualities that are considered as normative, functional, and desirable could vary across cultures.
Current Projects
Social facilitation and cultural motivation
2010 -
Toshie Imada (PI)
Self-image and social-image in cultural context
2010 -
Toshie Imada (PI)
Cultural influence on context sensitivity among infants
2012 -
Toshie Imada (CI) with M. Meristo, S. Carlson, and S. Itakura
Development and validation of Intercultural Competence Scale
2010 -
Toshie Imada (CI) with S. Stemler
Recently Completed Projects
Cultural influence on context sensitivity among children
2008 - 2012
Toshie Imada (PI)
Reproduction of cultural values in narratives
2007 - 2010
Toshie Imada (PI)
Cultural differences in appraisal and corresponding emotion
2007 - 2010
Toshie Imada (PI)
Social eyes and choice justification
2005 - 2009
Toshie Imada (PI)
Administration
- Convener, Departmental Seminar Series
External Activity
- Member, American Psychological Association (APA)
- Member, Association for Psychological Science (APS)
- Member, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2013) Imada, T., Carlson, SM. and Itakura, S., East-West cultural differences in context-sensitivity are evident in early childhood, Developmental Science 16 (2) : 198- 208
(2013) Rodriguez Mosquera, PM. and Imada, T., Perceived social image and life satisfaction across cultures., Cogn Emot Download publication
(2012) Imada, T., Cultural narratives of individualism and collectivism: A content analysis of textbook stories in the United States and Japan, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 43 (4) : 576- 591
(2012) Imada, T. and Yussen, SR., Reproduction of Cultural Values: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Stories People Create and Transmit, PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 38 (1) : 114- 128
(2011) Imada, T. and Ellsworth, PC., Proud Americans and Lucky Japanese: Cultural Differences in Appraisal and Corresponding Emotion, EMOTION 11 (2) : 329- 345
(2010) Imada, T. and Kitayama, S., Social eyes and choice justification: Culture and dissonance revisited, Social Cognition 28 (5) : 589- 608
(2006) Kitayama, S., Ishii, K., Imada, T., Takemura, K. and Ramaswamy, J., Voluntary settlement and the spirit of independence: evidence from Japan's "Northern frontier"., J Pers Soc Psychol 91 (3) : 369- 384 Download publication
Book Chapters
(2012) Uchida, Y. and Imada, T., Culture: Cross-cultural research and cultural psychology. In: Ohyama, T. and Oka, T. eds. Psychology research method series. Tokyo : Seishin-shobō (6) : 285- 312
(2010) Kitayama, S. and Imada, T., Implicit independence and interdependence: A cultural task analysis. In: Mesquita, B., Barrett, LF. and Smith, ER. eds. The Mind in Context. New York : The Guilford Press 174- 200
(2008) Kitayama, S. and Imada, T., Defending cultural self: A dual-process analysis of cognitive dissonance. In: Maehr, ML., Karabenick, SA. and Urdan, TC. eds. Advances in motivation and achievement. New York : Elsevier Press (15) : 171- 207
