Latitudinal Psychology:An Ecological Perspective on Creativity, Aggression, Happiness, and Beyond
Are there systematic trends around the world in levels of creativity, aggressiveness, life satisfaction, individualism, trust, and suicidality? This article suggests a new field, latitudinal psychology, that delineates differences in such culturally shared features along northern and southern rather...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/05330c4f-96da-4a86-acaa-9d9f407652b2 2024-09-15T18:36:48+00:00 Latitudinal Psychology:An Ecological Perspective on Creativity, Aggression, Happiness, and Beyond Van de Vliert, Evert Van Lange, Paul A. M. 2019-09 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/05330c4f-96da-4a86-acaa-9d9f407652b2 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/05330c4f-96da-4a86-acaa-9d9f407652b2 https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619858067 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/98060694/1745691619858067.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/05330c4f-96da-4a86-acaa-9d9f407652b2 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Van de Vliert , E & Van Lange , P A M 2019 , ' Latitudinal Psychology : An Ecological Perspective on Creativity, Aggression, Happiness, and Beyond ' , Perspectives on Psychological Science , vol. 14 , no. 5 , UNSP 1745691619858067 , pp. 860-884 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619858067 latitudinal psychology northern location southern location CLASH climato-economic theory pathogen prevalence WEIRD psychology GENERALIZED TRUST SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGY CLIMATE CULTURE LANGUAGE ORGANIZATION PERSISTENCE DIVERSITY INCREASES article 2019 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619858067 2024-07-01T14:49:23Z Are there systematic trends around the world in levels of creativity, aggressiveness, life satisfaction, individualism, trust, and suicidality? This article suggests a new field, latitudinal psychology, that delineates differences in such culturally shared features along northern and southern rather than eastern and western locations. In addition to geographical, ecological, and other explanations, we offer three metric foundations of latitudinal variations: replicability (latitudinal gradient repeatability across hemispheres), reversibility (north-south gradient reversal near the equator), and gradient strength (degree of replicability and reversibility). We show that aggressiveness decreases whereas creativity, life satisfaction, and individualism increase as one moves closer to either the north or the south pole. We also discuss the replicability, reversibility, and gradient strength of (a) temperatures and rainfall as remote predictors, and (b) pathogen prevalence, national wealth, population density, and income inequality as more proximate predictors, of (c) latitudinal gradients in human functioning. Preliminary analyses suggest that cultural and psychological diversity often need to be partially understood in terms of latitudinal variations in integrated exposure to climate-induced demands and wealth-based resources. We conclude with broader implications, emphasizing the importance of north-south replications in samples that are not from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies. Article in Journal/Newspaper South pole University of Groningen research database Perspectives on Psychological Science 14 5 860 884 |
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Are there systematic trends around the world in levels of creativity, aggressiveness, life satisfaction, individualism, trust, and suicidality? This article suggests a new field, latitudinal psychology, that delineates differences in such culturally shared features along northern and southern rather than eastern and western locations. In addition to geographical, ecological, and other explanations, we offer three metric foundations of latitudinal variations: replicability (latitudinal gradient repeatability across hemispheres), reversibility (north-south gradient reversal near the equator), and gradient strength (degree of replicability and reversibility). We show that aggressiveness decreases whereas creativity, life satisfaction, and individualism increase as one moves closer to either the north or the south pole. We also discuss the replicability, reversibility, and gradient strength of (a) temperatures and rainfall as remote predictors, and (b) pathogen prevalence, national wealth, population density, and income inequality as more proximate predictors, of (c) latitudinal gradients in human functioning. Preliminary analyses suggest that cultural and psychological diversity often need to be partially understood in terms of latitudinal variations in integrated exposure to climate-induced demands and wealth-based resources. We conclude with broader implications, emphasizing the importance of north-south replications in samples that are not from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) societies. |
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Van de Vliert , E & Van Lange , P A M 2019 , ' Latitudinal Psychology : An Ecological Perspective on Creativity, Aggression, Happiness, and Beyond ' , Perspectives on Psychological Science , vol. 14 , no. 5 , UNSP 1745691619858067 , pp. 860-884 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691619858067 |
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