The Cultural Psychology of Large Language Models: Is ChatGPT a Holistic or Analytic Thinker?

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The prevalent use of Large Language Models (LLMs) has necessitated studying their mental models, yielding noteworthy theoretical and practical implications.

• Current research has demonstrated that state-of-the-art LLMs, such as ChatGPT, exhibit certain theory of mind capabilities and possess relatively stable Big Five and/or MBTI personality traits.
• In addition, cognitive process features form an essential component of these mental models.
• Research in cultural psychology indicated significant differences in the cognitive processes of Eastern and Western people when processing information and making judgments.