Pathogen prevalence predicts human cross-cultural variability in individualism/collectivism

By Corey L. Fincher, R. Thornhill, Damian R. Murray, Mark Schaller. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2008

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology

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Pathogens, personality, and culture: disease prevalence predicts worldwide variability in sociosexuality, extraversion, and openness to experience. (2008, methodology): “A third analysis examined the correlation between our disease-prevalence index (which was based primarily on historical evidence) and an analogous index computed from a sampling of contemporary epidemiological data (the Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Online Network [www.gideononline.com”
The roots of ethnic diversity (2012, background): “a way of protecting groups from being subject to infectious disease ( Fincher et al., 2008 ).”
Collectivism and corruption in bank lending (2013, positive): “Turning to diseases, Fincher et al. (2008) argue that collectivists are more wary of contact with out-group members (strangers) and are less likely to eat unusual foods.”
Why are conservatives less concerned about the coronavirus (COVID-19) than liberals? Comparing political, experiential, and partisan messaging explanations (2020, background): “In addition to showing culture-level pathogen prevalence’s association with traditionally conservative-related beliefs such as authoritarianism and autocratic governments (Conway, Repke, & Houck, 2017a; Conway, Bongard, et al., 2017; Conway, Repke, & Houck, 2017b; Fincher et al., 2008; Tybur et al.,”
The brain basis of emotion: A meta-analytic review (2012, positive): “Furthermore, collectivistic cultures typically place a strong emphasis on group membership and hierarchy (Fincher et al. 2008).”
The Behavioral Immune System (2015, background): “…for plausible demographic and economic confounds and for other threats to human life, ecological variation in pathogen prevalence still predicts cross-cultural variation in extraversion, openness, conformity, and collectivism (Fincher et al., 2008; Murray et al., 2011; Schaller & Murray, 2008).”
Culture as situated cognition: Cultural mindsets, cultural fluency, and meaning making (2011, background): “For example, bribery (Mazar & Aggarwal, 2011) and pathogens (e.g., leprosy, dengue, typhus, and tuberculosis) (Fincher et al., 2008) are both higher in more collectivistic countries.3 Rather than use these scales and associate them with other variables, Oyserman, Coon, et al. (2002) used a…”
The behavioral immune system: Current concerns and future directions (2018, background): “Pathogen threat may even be at the root of many fundamental dimensions of culture, from individualism/collectivism (Fincher et al., 2008) to social and political orientation (Murray, Schaller, & Suedfeld, 2013; Terrizzi, Shook, & McDaniel, 2013; White et al., 2013) to religious belief (Fincher &…”