[MB.]

Abz made a swan out of an apple or something

That was nice

[EspeonBB]

Originally Posted by MaryMary'sBoyChild

Susie/Michael is one of the few times that housemates couldn't stand one another but I liked both, and that's not even getting onto the unpopular opinion that is Michael

I kinda like Michael mainly for his support for Aisleyne in the finale but still

Plus he was treated awfully by Richard (who doesn't receive enough hate)

[Denver]

Trisha should have won instead of Rylan

[Jason.]

I didn't like Michael. I found him annoying

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Agree

he robbed Lauren's place it was obvious Charlotte was going to win but I was really chuffed about that!

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by The Human Santapede

Lol Jamie this thread was made back in June and I'm pretty sure there's arguments if you scroll back to the early pages.

But yeah this thread is life

(eek, I think I've actually commented in it before too ) well not enough arguments to get it shut down anyway, that's still an achievement!

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Donder Kebab

Trisha should have won instead of Rylan

anyone should have won over Rylan

[Black Dagger]

I'd have actually rather had Abz over Charlotte looking back. Charlotte was FOUL.

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Dasherleyne

I kinda like Michael mainly for his support for Aisleyne in the finale but still

Plus he was treated awfully by Richard (who doesn't receive enough hate)

Oh Richard is ghastly and I'm still annoyed at myself for not realising that earlier

[Jason.]

I liked Rylan

Rylan >> Speidi

[Raph]

Originally Posted by MaryMary'sBoyChild

Not everyone's always on hand for you to have an argument with when you want to, Raph

I don't agree with that view at all so that's that, no baiting or belittling to it

Most people would agree that culture can have a large effect on our daily lives — influencing what we may wear, say, or find humorous. But many people may be surprised to learn that culture may even effect how our brain responds to different stimuli. Indeed, until recently, most psychology and neuroscience researchers took for granted that their findings translated across individuals in various cultures. In the past decade, however, research has begun to unravel how cultural belief systems shape our thoughts and behaviors.

One of the strongest divides in thinking across cultures is the different perspectives about ‘the individual’ in East-Asian and Western-European/American cultures. Western-Europeans and Americans emphasize individuals as unique entities from others, while East-Asian cultures emphasize the individual in relation to other people and their environmental context. These viewpoints can be traced to the cultures’ unique philosophies concerning the individual. After all, Descartes noted “I think therefore I am,” which he used to prove that if one wonders whether or not they exist, they therefore must exist because they are capable of this and other such internal thoughts. Confucian philosophy, on the other hand, emphasizes that a person cannot fully exist alone, and that a person only reaches the highest form of existence once he/she mentally severs the divide between themselves, others and the environment.

Though these distinctions seem esoteric, they do in fact permeate contemporary psychology. For example, a classic finding in western psychology is that people are better at remembering adjectives related to themselves than adjectives related to a family member or strangers. When this study was replicated in China, however, Chinese participants remembered adjectives related to themselves and a family member equally well.

Based on the above and other similar findings in psychological research conducted across cultures, cognitive neuroscientists questioned whether the brain would respond differently to information about oneself, a family member, and strangers across individualistic and collectivist cultures. Past studies in American samples found that the ventral medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) shows stronger activation to viewing adjectives that describe the individual compared to adjectives describing a family member and strangers, highlighting the vmPFC’s role in representing the individual. In a Chinese sample, however, the vmPFC is strongly active when participants view adjectives about themselves and a family member, though not for strangers.

Taken together, these divergent findings fit with each cultures’ conceptualization of the individual — independent in Western-European/American cultures, and intertwined with others in your environment in East-Asian cultures. Of course, this research should not be used to over-generalize differences in thinking across cultures. Indeed, there is also a great deal of research highlighting the commonalities in cognition across cultures. That said, acknowledging the subtle differences may help people in contemporary society — which is increasingly culturally diverse — appreciate the nuances in thought and behavior among the people we come across in our day to day lives.

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by Black Xmas

Is Pav getting hate for taking a free holiday?

No idea if anyone else has mentioned the holiday but I know I did so if this is at me, I absolutely felt disappointed in him for going on holiday with a bunch of dickheads like that. No "hate", I just think he's better than them and I wouldn't be surprised if they deemed him as more of a tag-along than a true friend.

Originally Posted by hownwbrowncow

I can't be bothered checking, but I think you're referring to Susie, and I whole heartedly agree. Probably my BB7 fave

[EspeonBB]

Charlotte is overrated but she's a better winner than Abz. Lauren was robbed though

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by MaryMary'sBoyChild

Oh Richard is ghastly and I'm still annoyed at myself for not realising that earlier

I preferred Richard to Michael. I actually really liked Richard

[Denver]

Evander punching the horse storynis one of the most funniest thing on the show

[LukeB]

Richard is in my bottom 5

[Denver]

Lauren only spilt her drink to piss of Carol

[Jason.]

I liked James Hill (in CBB16). Again not one of my favourites per se, but he came across way better on there than he did on TA. And I didn't mind him winning (even though he ruined an all-female 2015)

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by A Gay In A Manger

I'd have actually rather had Abz over Charlotte looking back. Charlotte was FOUL.

I agree with you again. She's everything I hate about today's society

[Jason.]

Not really relevant

but Vicky Pattison in IAC >>> Charlotte in CBB12

[Denver]

Amy was the only decent representive from Towie

[Ross.]

Anything is better than Charlotte in CBB12

[Jason.]

Lauren Goodger is my fave CBB TOWIE. But she's got nothing on Ferne

[Macie Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by Raph

blah blah blah

I'm still not sure how Kathreya's representative of a collectivist society when she was probably the most self-interested person in her series?

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Donder Kebab

Amy was the only decent representive from Towie

But Lauren