On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:28:38 -0700, Rick Froman wrote: >Anyone from a non-WEIRD society on this list? > > http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/06/30/mr-10-09
My first reaction is that some societies are WEIRDer than others but I digress. The media release defines WEIRD as: |Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) societies So, a non-WEIRD society would be: Non-Western (e.g., Asian, Afrian, Polynesian, etc.) Non-Educated (e.g., ? ) Non-Industrialized (e.g., -- I'm going to let someone who knows something about industrialization tackle this) Non-Rich (e.g., Poor -- but is this on a per capita basis, no rich members, etc.) and Non-Democratic (e.g., again, I'll leave this to someone who is more familar with political systems). What would constitute a non-WEIRD society and what percentage of the world population would belong? Also, to tell the truth, I don't remember ever reading a psychologiical research result that is supposed to apply to all humans but I think a lot of medical research explicitly makes this assumption. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=3405 or send a blank email to leave-3405-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
