05-02-2015, 10:08 PM
Having read the paper (not the news article), I think all the authors are saying is that the population of the western society cannot solely be used as a behavioral study for everyone else on the planet. How is this surprising and what has it to do with the TMT?
http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/W...inal02.pdf
"The comparative findings suggest that members of Western, educated,industrialized, rich, and democratic societies, including young children, are among the least representative populations one could find for generalizing about humans."
http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/W...inal02.pdf
"The comparative findings suggest that members of Western, educated,industrialized, rich, and democratic societies, including young children, are among the least representative populations one could find for generalizing about humans."