Michele J. Gelfand

Anyone who lives in Oregon knows it one of those place where you can do your own thing, right?

We are forever in search of ways to better understand the cultural differences in our country that lead us to such divergent politics.

Most people in the United States probably would agree that priorities and values can vary greatly from region to region and even state to state.

Familiarity and social ties influence our decision to intervene on behalf of others. 

Speltheorie is nu ook doorgebroken in de psychologie. Een psycholoog van de universiteit van Maryland heeft in samenwerking met informatici een computermodel ontwikkeld, dat laat zien hoe mensen reageren wanneer ze een winkeldief betrappen: geven ze hem aan of lopen ze door?

Bargaining is so ubiquitous that there’s an entire research community devoted to understanding how people negotiate and what methods are most likely to lead to an optimal solution.

Examining more than 80,000 terrorist attacks which occurred between 1970 and 2007, researchers find that cultural values and norms which promote rigid thinking are related to a greater number of terrorist attacks or fatalities. 

Research suggests that our essential differences are not economic, political, or religious. They are historical, rooted in a people’s vulnerability to war, disease, and other threats in the deep past. It’s a powerful insight, with implications for us all.

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The world's largest democracy, paradoxically also has one of the highest intolerance indices.

A study of people from 33 nations led researchers to conclude that a given people's history of threats leads to cultural norms.

Minél biztonságosabb egy társadalom, annál liberálisabbak és toleránsabbak az emberek - állapította meg egy új kutatás.

Israel is home to one of the four "loosest" cultures in the world, a new study has found.

A study published in this week’s edition of Science journal says cultures with a history of war, famine and ecological distress are “tight”, or less tolerant of infraction.

Forscher untersuchen in einer multikulturellen Studie, warum Gesellschaften liberaler oder restriktiver wurden 

Ukraine, Israel, Brazil and the United States are "loose" cultures

Societies facing a host of dangers are more likely to have strict social norms and be intolerant of people who deviate from them.

The researcher's findings reveal wide variation in the degree to which various societies impose social norms, enforce conformity and punish anti-social behavior. 

​Je mehr eine Nation mit Gefahren wie etwa Kriegen, Krankheiten, Naturkatastrophen, einer zu hohen Bevölkerungsdichte oder Ressourcenknappheit zu kämpfen hat - oder in der Vergangenheit hatte -, desto eher prägen Forschern zufolge strengere Regeln sowie soziale Normen das Miteinander.

Einen Riss, der die gesamte Welt durchzieht ? so nennt Michele Gelfand, Sozialpsychologin an der University of Maryland, die zum Teil beträchtlichen kulturellen Unterschiede zwischen Ländern mit strengen gesellschaftlichen Normen und solchen, in denen kaum Wert auf Normen gelegt wird.

Internationale Studie mit österreichischer Beteiligung hat „strikte" und „lockere" Kulturen miteinander verglichen. Sie bezog sich auf die Normen der Gesellschaft, die Identifikation ihrer Mitglieder mit ihr.

O país mais restrito do mundo parece ser o Paquistão, e o mais liberal no continente americano seria o Brasil, seguido da Venezuela. O México é um pouco mais restrito que liberal. Essas são algumas das conclusões de um estudo realizado com quase 7 mil pessoas em 33 países para determinar o nível de rigidez ou flexibilidade nas suas sociedades.

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