[FRIAM] WEIRD and STRANGE
Prof David West
profwest at fastmail.fm
Sun Mar 19 12:34:49 EDT 2023
Perhaps
Perhaps of interest to the psychologists and ethologists in the group: claim that research is biased (and therefore unreliable to a degree) because the people studied are WEIRD
- Western
- Educated
-Industrialized
- Rich
- (from) Democratic societies
and animals studied are STRANGE
- Social background
- Trap-ability and self-selection
- Rearing history
- Acclimation and habituation
- Natural changes in responsiveness
- Genetic makeup
- Experience
Research claims about how humans in general, or animal species as a species are biased/flawed because the studies fail to account for the WEIRD / STRANGE factors into account.
davew
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