Psychology as a historical science

M Muthukrishna, J Henrich… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Psychology has traditionally seen itself as the science of universal human cognition, but it
has only recently begun seriously grappling with cross-cultural variation. Here we argue that …

[HTML][HTML] A socioecological-genetic framework of culture and personality: Their roots, trends, and interplay

JG Lu, V Benet-Martínez… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Culture and personality are two central topics in psychology. Individuals are culturally
influenced influencers of culture, yet the research linking culture and personality has been …

Historical psychology

M Atari, J Henrich - Current Directions in Psychological …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing body of evidence suggests that many aspects of psychology have evolved
culturally over historical time. A combination of approaches, including experimental data …

Cultural evolutionary behavioural science in public policy

R Schimmelpfennig, M Muthukrishna - Behavioural Public Policy, 2023 - cambridge.org
Interventions are to the social sciences what inventions are to the physical sciences–an
application of science as technology. Behavioural science has emerged as a powerful toolkit …

Building causal knowledge in behavior genetics

JW Madole, KP Harden - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2023 - cambridge.org
Behavior genetics is a controversial science. For decades, scholars have sought to
understand the role of heredity in human behavior and life-course outcomes. Recently …

The moderating role of culture in the generalizability of psychological phenomena

R Schimmelpfennig, R Spicer… - … in Methods and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the large sample size and number of sites, ML2's samples were culturally relatively
homogeneous. Multisite projects have much improved samples compared with most …

Niche diversity predicts personality structure across 115 nations

PK Durkee, AW Lukaszewski… - Psychological …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The niche-diversity hypothesis proposes that personality structure arises from the
affordances of unique trait combinations within a society. It predicts that personality traits will …

What makes us smart?

J Henrich, M Muthukrishna - Topics in Cognitive Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
How did humans become clever enough to live in nearly every major ecosystem on earth,
create vaccines against deadly plagues, explore the oceans depths, and routinely traverse …

[HTML][HTML] Linking gender differences with gender equality: A systematic-narrative literature review of basic skills and personality

M Balducci - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
There is controversy regarding whether gender differences are smaller or larger in societies
that promote gender equality highlighting the need for an integrated analysis. This review …

Paradox of diversity in the collective brain

R Schimmelpfennig, L Razek… - … of The Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Human societies are collective brains. People within every society have cultural brains—
brains that have evolved to selectively seek out adaptive knowledge and socially transmit …