Category: Cross-Cultural Psychology
Most Languages Are Not English
Something has been going wrong with psychology experiments. Only 12 percent of the world’s population is from Western industrialized countries—yet 96 percent of the participants […]
Two Lessons From Psychology for Policymakers
Source: Kaique Rocha / Pexels “In 2021, more than 7,300 pedestrians died in America—three in four of them during the hours between sunset and sunrise.” […]
The Importance of Free Speech Culture
In their new book The Canceling of the American Mind, Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott provide countless examples of people who have been canceled across […]
Breaking Norms and Breaking Free
Singing in a restaurant is one example of breaking a social norm. Source: picjumbo / Pexels There’s a scene from Disney’s “The Santa Clause 2” […]
The Social, Cultural, and Legal Challenges of Dual Citizenship
As part of my doctoral research at the University of Minnesota, I conducted a study with the objective of offering a precise understanding of the […]
Can Anything Good Come from Shaming Others?
Everyone has felt ashamed at one time or another. It’s like feeling guilty, only worse. When I was 10 years old, I pocketed a bag […]
An Architectural Tribute to the Psychology of Seva
“See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.” (Isaiah […]
Aging Across Borders: How We Age Around the World
This post was written by Alison Fernandes, Research Affiliate at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala. Raychan/Unsplash The process of aging is universal. It happens […]
Journeying Across Time and Space Through Music
In a world where differences in civilizations, beliefs, and ideologies often give rise to skirmishes and warfare (see Samuel Huntington’s thesis, “The Clash of Civilizations”), […]