03 - Thomas Talhelm: Is Our Understanding of Collectivism Wrong? A New Theory of Responsibilism
Stanford Psychology Podcast
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"It's almost like this old group bias where it's like, we don't know anything about them," she says. "I wonder to what extent they were made sort of with Western assumptions." China is an individualistic country and people from there tend to be more accepting of strangers than those in the U.S., he adds. The idea that you would treat a stranger somewhat similarly to a friend is not strictly true in the West, but some studies have measured how close friends are to strangers.
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