[FRIAM] WEIRD and STRANGE

[Prof David West]

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