Understanding Cultural Variations in Psychology

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Cultural variations can impact the rate of consumption of a drink. The mind's response to stimuli reveals underlying mechanisms that operate differently across societies. Emotions play a crucial role in these variations. Psychologists, particularly in Western psychology, often rely on their intuition, which may lead to theories based on peculiarities of Western psychology rather than universal principles. To address this, psychologists should gain cross-cultural experience, training, and work in diverse settings to better understand the core of human psychology and not just the anomalies of Western psychology.

Joe Henrich joins the podcast to tell us that we know nothing about his work and that how we got to teach a class in anything is absolutely amazing. We continue our discussion from Episode 17 about his critique of the social and behavioral sciences in "The Weirdest People in the World" and his work in small scale societies on fairness norms. We also talk about the weird American obsession with happiness, monkeys throwing cucumbers, and why some people reject "hyper-fair" offers of more than the half the pot in the ultimatum games.

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