Responsible behavioral science generalizations and applications require much more than non-WEIRD samples.
There are many methodological considerations - some intricately associated with the use of WEIRD samples - that adversely affect external validity as much as, or even more than, unrepresentative sampling does. Among suspect applications, especially worrisome is the incorporation of WEIRD-based findings regarding moral reasoning and retribution into normative expectations, such as might be held by international criminal tribunals in "cognitively distant" war-torn areas.
Konecni
Vladimir J
VJ
Department of Psychology, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0109, USA. vkonecni@ucsd.edu
D001525:Behavioral Sciences / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design