Most people are not WEIRD

Henrich, Joseph; Heine, Steven; Norenzayan, Ara

doi:10.1038/466029a

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“…Finally, we must acknowledge that our sample comprised university students who are young and highly educated and therefore may not be representative of the general population (Henrich, Heine, & Norenzayan, 2010). The homogeneity of the sample may mean lower variability in responses that could increase the importance of within-subjects variance.…”

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Experiences of pride, not guilt, predict pro-environmental behavior when pro-environmental descriptive norms are more positive

Bissing-Olson

Fielding

Iyer

2016

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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Section: Limitationsmentioning

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Experiences of pride, not guilt, predict pro-environmental behavior when pro-environmental descriptive norms are more positive

Bissing-Olson

Fielding

Iyer

2016

Journal of Environmental Psychology

204

154

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“…As the cognitive models are usually developed from performance of schooled Western children and highly educated literate adults such as undergraduate students, our knowledge of cognition actually reflects what occurs in brains profoundly shaped by formal education and literacy, and hence cannot be generalized to all human beings (e.g., Henrich, Heine, & Norenzayan, 2010). However, as pointed out by Maryanne Wolf (p. 3, 2007), Bwe were never born to read.…”

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Does learning to read shape verbal working memory?

Demoulin

Kolinsky

2015

Psychon Bull Rev

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Many experimental studies have investigated the relationship between the acquisition of reading and working memory in a unidirectional way, attempting to determine to what extent individual differences in working memory can predict reading achievement. In contrast, very little attention has been dedicated to the converse possibility that learning to read shapes the development of verbal memory processes. In this paper, we present available evidence that advocates a more prominent role for reading acquisition on verbal working memory and then discuss the potential mechanisms of such literacy effects. First, the early decoding activities might bolster the development of subvocal rehearsal, which, in turn, would enhance serial order performance in immediate memory tasks. In addition, learning to read and write in an alphabetical system allows the emergence of phonemic awareness and finely tuned phonological representations, as well as of orthographic representations. This could improve the quality, strength, and precision of lexical representations, and hence offer better support for the temporary encoding of memory items and/or for their retrieval.

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“…First, this sample generalizes only to Americans who use this service and happen to be online at that time of day. Second, we recognize that WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic) data does not well represent the rest of the world (Henrich, Heine, & Norenzayan, 2010a, 2010b. Lastly, participants may or may not have been active airline passengers.…”

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How Do Depression Medications Taken by Pilots Affect Passengers’ Willingness to Fly—A Mediation Analysis

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Kraemer³

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The mental health of airline pilots has been a concern for decades. In 2010, the United States Federal Aviation Administration began allowing four types of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to be used by pilots suffering from depression. After a procedural wait period, pilots may be awarded a special issuance of their medical certificates to maintain flight currency. Missing from the literature was any research on consumer's perceptions of pilots taking antidepressants, along with some other approved medications. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine consumer's willingness to fly once told that the pilot of their hypothetical flight was taking medication compared to a control group in which the pilot was not on any prescribed and approved medications. The current study also manipulated dosage levels and gathered affect data to determine if consumers' responses were rationally or emotionally motivated. Across two studies, consumers were less willing to fly when the pilot was taking medication, and when the medication was a high dose opposed to a low dose. Additionally, affect was found to completely mediate the relationship between three of the four medications when compared to the control condition, suggesting that participants' responses were emotionally driven. Finally, a discussion of the findings and practical implications of the study are provided.

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Most people are not WEIRD

Cited by 2,339 publications

References 5 publications

Experiences of pride, not guilt, predict pro-environmental behavior when pro-environmental descriptive norms are more positive

Experiences of pride, not guilt, predict pro-environmental behavior when pro-environmental descriptive norms are more positive

Does learning to read shape verbal working memory?

How Do Depression Medications Taken by Pilots Affect Passengers’ Willingness to Fly—A Mediation Analysis

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