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Cultural contextualization is often omited in this kind or research, and I think he is right to underline it. I agree : we can find a lot of science work taking

Cultural contextualization is often omited in this kind or research, and I think he is right to underline it. I agree : we can find a lot of science work taking for universal some local or date behaviour. And why would this kind of thinking would be banned of hn? It's clearly a legitimate epistemological question.

solarmist 4y ago
It's not. I'm just tired of undifferentiated, “but what about” comments. It's so generic and overused that I have started tuning it out. What about eye contact in other culture is different?, which cultures?, what drove those differences?
- nextaccountic 4y ago
  There are literally thousands of human cultures. The job of assessing the cultural differences rests on the study authors, or just specify in the title that the study is American or Western centered. First, note that all participants were from a single college in the US > Participants. In this study, 186 subjects comprising 93 dyads (mean age: 19.38 y; 120 females) participated. Subjects were recruited from Dartmouth College and were compensated either monetarily or with extra course credit for participation. The study was approved by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects Institutional Review Board at Dartmouth College, and in- formed consent was obtained prior to the start of the study. After the study had concluded, subjects indicated consent to the release of the videos obtained during their conversations for use in scientific presentations or publications. All subjects had normal or corrected-to-normal vision Unfortunately the study makes a very broad conclusion, without mentioning its American focus or otherwise weighting cultural factors, not in the title, not in the conclusion, nor anywhere in the paper. No matter how tired you might be about this point, the study authors had a job and they didn't do it or even acknowledged this issue.
  - kevviiinn 4y ago
    Sadly many people don't understand just how different cultures can be, I think this is part of the goal of having so many classes in undergrad that don't count towards the major. That's the whole idea of trying to make someone "well rounded". If you take classes in the humanities you get a glimpse of the variation. Some of those classes even discuss how many cultures aren't considered when doing studies like this

solarmist 4y ago

It's not. I'm just tired of undifferentiated, “but what about” comments. It's so generic and overused that I have started tuning it out. What about eye contact in other culture is different?, which cultures?, what drove those differences?

nextaccountic 4y ago
There are literally thousands of human cultures. The job of assessing the cultural differences rests on the study authors, or just specify in the title that the study is American or Western centered. First, note that all participants were from a single college in the US > Participants. In this study, 186 subjects comprising 93 dyads (mean age: 19.38 y; 120 females) participated. Subjects were recruited from Dartmouth College and were compensated either monetarily or with extra course credit for participation. The study was approved by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects Institutional Review Board at Dartmouth College, and in- formed consent was obtained prior to the start of the study. After the study had concluded, subjects indicated consent to the release of the videos obtained during their conversations for use in scientific presentations or publications. All subjects had normal or corrected-to-normal vision Unfortunately the study makes a very broad conclusion, without mentioning its American focus or otherwise weighting cultural factors, not in the title, not in the conclusion, nor anywhere in the paper. No matter how tired you might be about this point, the study authors had a job and they didn't do it or even acknowledged this issue.
- kevviiinn 4y ago
  Sadly many people don't understand just how different cultures can be, I think this is part of the goal of having so many classes in undergrad that don't count towards the major. That's the whole idea of trying to make someone "well rounded". If you take classes in the humanities you get a glimpse of the variation. Some of those classes even discuss how many cultures aren't considered when doing studies like this