Social scientists have studied collective memory for almost a century, but psychological
analyses have only recently emerged. Although no singular approach to the psychological …

One major threat to revealing cultural influences on psychological states or processes is the
presence of bias (ie, systematic measurement error). When quantitative measures are not …

This book gives an up-to-date overview of methodological and data-analytical issues of
cross-cultural studies. Written by leading experts in the field, it presents the most important …

Peter B. Smith was born near Colchester, UK, in 1937, and obtained his PhD from
Cambridge University in 1962. After working at Leeds University, he joined the University of …

The realization that most behavioral science research focuses on cultures labeled as
WEIRD—Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (Arnett, 2008; Henrich et …

A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for addressing myriad social
concerns such as social order, ecological sustainability, national identity, racism, religious …

Following a survey asking many questions about world history, 6185 students from 35
countries were asked,“What contribution do you think the country you are living in has made …

How does memory for the public past differ from memory for the personal past? Across five
experiments (N= 457), we found that memories of the personal past were characterised by a …

This study focuses on the connection between social representations of history and
collective memory from the perspective of elementary concepts of social representations …

Collective memory can make and break political culture around the world. Representations
and reinterpretations of the past intersect with actions that shape the future. A nation's …