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Integrative Complexity in Correspondence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2012

Jasook Koo  and
Joon Han
Jasook Koo*
Affiliation:
Kyung Hee University, Suwon Campus, South Korea. [email protected]
Joon Han
Affiliation:
Yonsei University, South Korea.
*
*Address for correspondence: Jasook Koo, Kyung Hee University, 1 Seochon-dong, Kihung-ku, Yongin, Kyunggi-do, South Korea 446-701.

Abstract

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Integrative complexity, the interaction of conceptual and cognitive rules, is used in processing information. High integrative complexity people evaluate situations and make decisions diversely; low integrative complexity people reason simplistically and dichotomously. We examined the social psychology of South/North Korean relations in their correspondence by an integrative complexity coding process. Time series analysis predicted mean levels of integrative complexity for each half-year period between 1984 and 1997. Analysis showed that South/North Korean relations exert significant influence on integrative complexity levels. We also found a mutual effect of integrative complexity levels in the two. Major coordinative events relate to a decline in integrative complexity in the following half-year period. During South Korean presidential elections, correspondence integrative complexity levels decline in both.

Type
Articles and Discussions
Information
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology , Volume 1 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Part 1 in a Series of Special Articles , 01 September 2007 , pp. 60 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007