Behavioral and Brain Sciences



Open Peer Commentary

Let's add some psychology (and maybe even some evolution) to the mix


Daniel Brian Krupp a1, Pat Barclay a1, Martin Daly a1, Toko Kiyonari a1, Greg Dingle a1 and Margo Wilson a1
a1 Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada kruppdb@mcmaster.ca barclapj@mcmaster.ca daly@mcmaster.ca kiyonar@mcmaster.ca dinglegl@mcmaster.ca wilson@mcmaster.ca http://psych.mcmaster.ca/krupp http://psych.mcmaster.ca/dalywilson/pat.html http://psych.mcmaster.ca/dalywilson/martin.html http://psych.mcmaster.ca/dalywilson/toko.html http://www.gregdingle.com/research http://psych.mcmaster.ca/dalywilson/margo.html

Abstract

Henrich et al.'s nice cross-cultural experiments would benefit from models that specify the decision rules that humans use and the specific developmental pathways that allow cooperative norms to be internalized. Such models could help researchers to design further experiments to examine human social adaptations. We must also test whether the “same” experiments measure similar constructs in each culture, using additional methods and measures.