Is the inherence heuristic simply WEIRD?
Although many studies suggest that children and adults focus more on internal causes rather than situational causes to explain observed patterns, such findings may be more limited to WEIRD populations (western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic) samples. Evidence from cross-cultural studies may point to several distinct attribution mechanisms with their culturally specific deployment reflecting both a developmental achievement as well as a possible signal of group boundaries.
Department of Psychology,University of British Columbia,Vancouver,BC V6T 1Z4,Canada.abaron@psych.ubc.cahttp://www.psych.ubc.ca/~abaron.
Andrew Scott
AS
Baron
D003071:Cognition; D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008128:Logic