Why Relying on University Students Skews Global Psychological Research

Source: PsyPostPsychological research often relies heavily on participants from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic societies. Yet a large analysis of global survey data has found that highly educated individuals tend to be culturally similar to people from the Anglosphere and Western Europe. The study, published in Nature Communications, did not find a link between education level and cultural similarities to China, Russia, or India.