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Here is a summary of this very long review article, as done by a Science magazine summary I read: "Although undergraduates from wealthy nations are numerous an
by mturmon 16y ago
Here is a summary of this very long review article, as done by a Science magazine summary I read:
"Although undergraduates from wealthy nations are numerous and willing research subjects, psychologists are beginning to realize that they have a drawback: They are WEIRDos. That is, they are people from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic cultures. In a provocative review paper published last week, a pair of researchers argues that WEIRDos aren't representative of humans as a whole and that psychologists routinely use them to make broad, and quite likely false, claims about what drives human behavior."
- cabalamat 16y agoNot only that, they are typically psychology students, which further narrows down their typical ages and educational backgrounds.