Abstract

Psychological Inquiry Copyright 1994 by 1994, Vol. 5, NO. 2, 114-168 Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. COMMENTARIES Michael Harris Bond Chinese University of Hong Kong As a social psychologist working in Hong Kong, I ings and ideas with personologists. For instance, our am a reluctant witness in this debate. Indeed, I don't work using adjectival measures of personality percep- know whether I am serving the prosecution or the tion thereby can help suggest or confirm what are "the most important individual differences in human trans- defense. My evidence will shed some light on the actions. " Heady stuff, indeed! cultural aspect of this topic, but the litigants will have to figure out who pays my consulting fee. Let me And some of our data look very encouraging as both explain. suggestion and confirmation. For example, Yik and Bond (1993) recently developed a comprehensive, standard measure of personality perception for Hong The Content of Person Perception Kong Chinese using both indigenous and imported trait markers. They isolated eight orthogonal dimensions Most cross-cultural exploration begins with the annoy- used by our subjects in assessing their own and others' ance of being lost. (Edward Hall, Beyond Culture) personality. This trait measure, consisting of