Thomas Talhelm

Robert Cialdini Endowed Professor of Social Influence at Arizona State University, Associate Professor

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🚨 It's finally out! 🚨 This is the big one. 100 cultures, 12,000 people, 108 researchers. Why people (and our most-used surveys) get collectivism wrong and how to fix it. Join me for a fun thread! 🧵 @NatureHumBehav https://t.co/4JZhjbuwcV

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@VincentPsychSE Interesting to hear about your experiences! Gender dysphoria is an interesting phenomenon. My take (sounds like it's similar to yours?) is that there's a cultural element to it.

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New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences! 🚨 A new way to think about collectivism and how an intuitive mix-up knocked a field off course for 30 years. https://t.co/1OTUmBccA7

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@peishan_liz Awesome!

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@pash22 Thanks for sharing! 😃 It's a quick read.

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@NorikazuYamada You're welcome! 😃

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@VincentPsychSE That sounds really intriguing! What are the sorts of conflicts they're experiencing?

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@pash22 Free article access here until Christmas: https://t.co/h2SnonSI9M

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@NorikazuYamada But in a nutshell, the basic idea is that people mixed up collectivism with being nice, warm, and pro-social toward people *in general.* In reality, it's more about concrete behavioral duties to people in close relationships.

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@jayvanbavel The party differences are interesting! I wonder if I would have predicted that before seeing the results. 🧐

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@threadreaderapp please unroll https://t.co/y8Ru2bPdZR

[Thomas Talhelm @ThomasTalhelm]

New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences! 🚨 A new way to think about collectivism and how an intuitive mix-up knocked a field off course for 30 years. https://t.co/1OTUmBccA7

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The article is a free download at this link only until Christmas! 🎄 https://t.co/h2SnonSI9M

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People like @joannaschug, @masakiyuuuuki, Rob Thomson, and others have been nailing this paradox for years! https://t.co/uuvAQy8soH

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And people in collectivistic cultures report LESS intimacy with a close friend, r(32) = -.50, p = .002.

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Free article access with this link! 📢 Time limited, only until Christmas. https://t.co/58VqFV5M1X

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And it's time to retire the old scales and old mixing of warm fuzzies and responsibilism. You can try out the new scale and country scores at https://t.co/GfibdV2nAp