For this discussion assignment you will read an article that reviews this controversy and describes some of the key findings that raised questions about the generalizability of the results of research that was conducted with undergraduates at Western universities. Here’s a link to the article:
https://psmag.com/social-justice/joe-henrich-weird-ultimatum-game-shaking-up-psychology-economics-53135

After you read the article reflect on the information and arguments that it contained and formulate some observations and insights that you can post to the discussion.

Here are some sample questions that you might consider to guide your reflections:

Are you convinced that ethnocentrism and class biases in sampling have led psychologists to develop a distorted view of the human mind?
Did you think of other demographic or cultural groups that might be underrepresented in psychology research but that weren’t covered in the WEIRD categories that the article emphasized?
Going forward what do you think psychologists can do to avoid some of the concerns about sampling bias that were raised in this article?
The article speculated that Western researchers might be particularly biased to overlook possible cultural boundaries to generalizing research findings because of the ways that growing up in a Western environment shapes cognition. What did you think about this argument?
Do you have any ideas about how you could test whether Western researchers have an especially strong blind spot for recognizing limitations of the generalizability of research findings?