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Increasingly, social scientists are asked to expand their data collection beyond WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic) populations.

That has prompted an international team of social scientists, led by 丁香园AV psychology associate professor Tanya Broesch and co-lead Alyssa Crittenden, a University of Nevada researcher, to study the unique scientific and ethical challenges of cross-cultural research.

鈥淭here has been a recent shift in the social sciences鈥攁 push to sample populations that are more representative of the world鈥檚 population,鈥� says Broesch. 鈥淗owever, with that shift also came so-called 鈥榟elicopter鈥� or 鈥榚xtractive鈥� research. This refers to the fast process of visiting an unfamiliar culture and conducting a study with little regard for the impact on the participating communities.鈥�

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