Jeffrey Glenn, Gwen Kleinhenz, Jenna M S Smith, Robert A Chaney, Victor B A Moxley, Paola G Donoso Naranjo, Sarah Stone, Carl L Hanson, Alisha H Redelfs, M Lelinneth B Novilla
Do healthcare providers consider the social determinants of health? Results from a nationwide cross-sectional study in the United States
BMC health services research
behavioral scientists routinely publish broad claims human psychology behavior worlds top journals based samples drawn entirely western educated industrialized rich democratic weird societies researchers often implicitly assume either little variation across human populations standard subjects representative species population assumptions justified review comparative database across behavioral sciences suggests substantial variability experimental results across populations weird subjects particularly unusual compared rest species frequent outliers domains reviewed include visual perception fairness cooperation spatial reasoning categorization inferential induction moral reasoning reasoning styles selfconcepts related motivations heritability iq findings suggest members weird societies including young children among least representative populations one could find generalizing humans many findings involve domains associated fundamental aspects psychology motivation behavior hence obvious priori grounds claiming particular behavioral phenomenon universal based sampling single subpopulation overall empirical patterns suggests need less cavalier addressing questions human nature basis data drawn particularly thin rather unusual slice humanity close proposing ways structurally reorganize behavioral sciences best tackle challenges