WEIRD
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Behavioural sciences claim to highlight universal cognitive skills and psychological traits. However, their almost exclusive reliance on WEIRD subjects (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic), bias experimental results on which rely these disciplines as it ignores human cultural diversity.
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