The acronym 'WEIRD' highlights a bias in psychological research, emphasizing that the studies predominantly reflect behaviors of a narrow subset of the global population.
Though 'WEIRD' was intended to prompt awareness of cultural bias, its overuse reduces the rich diversity of human behavior to a simplistic binary.
Researchers should specify the populations studied rather than categorize all non-Western, educated groups as 'non-WEIRD,' which overlooks the complexities of local contexts.
Adopting a clearer classification of study populations allows for a more nuanced understanding of human behavior across different cultural and social landscapes.
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