TY  - BOOK
AU  - Henrich,Joseph Patrick
TI  - The weirdest people in the world : : how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous 
SN  - 9780141976211
AV  - BF201 .H46 2021
PY  - 2021///
CY  - [London]
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Cognitive psychology
KW  - Developmental psychology
KW  - Social psychology
KW  - Civilization, Western
KW  - Human evolution
KW  - Social interaction
KW  - Europeans
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Americans
N1  - First published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2020]; First published in 2020 in Great Britain by Allen Lane; Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-656) and index
N2  - Do you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? Do you cultivate your unique attributes and personal goals? If so, perhaps you are WEIRD: raised in a society that is Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic. Unlike most who have ever lived, WEIRD people are highly individualistic, nonconformist, analytical and control-oriented. Joseph Henrich, who developed the game-changing concept of WEIRD, draws on leading-edge research in anthropology, psychology, economics and evolutionary biology to explore how changing family structures, marriage practices and religious beliefs since the Middle Ages shaped the Western mind, laying the foundations for the world we know today
ER  -