Trémolière, Bastien; Davidoff, Jules B. and Caparos, Serge. 2022. A 21st century cognitive portrait of the Himba, a remote people of Namibia. British Journal of Psychology, 113(2), pp. 508-530. ISSN 0007-1269 [Article]

Preview

Text HimbaCognitivePortraitManuscriptR2 Submitted.pdf - Accepted Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial. Download (833kB) | Preview

Abstract or Description

This research sketches the cognitive portrait of the Himba, a remote population from Northern Namibia living in a non-industrial society almost completely devoid of modern artefacts. We compared the Himba sample to a French sample, exploring cognitive reflection, moral judgement, cooperative behaviour, paranormal beliefs, and happiness. We looked for both differences and similarities across cultures, and for the way cognitive functioning is associated with a range of demographic variables. Results showed some important group differences, with the Himba being more intuitive, more religious, happier, and less utilitarian than the French participants. Further, the predictors of these beliefs and behaviours differed between the two groups. The present results provide additional support to the recent line of research targeting cultural variations and similarities, and call for the need to expand psychology research beyond the Western world.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12539
Additional Information:	Research Funding: British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (SRG 2017 Round). Grant Number: 430-2014-00818 Data are available as supplementary material on OSF (temporary anonymized link: https://osf.io/ z4svr/?view_only=e4ae44c24fd44daea699bf6854f0b456).
Keywords:	cooperation, cross-cultural psychology, happiness, Himba of Namibia, moral judgement, paranormal beliefs, thinking style
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event 23 October 2021 Accepted 8 November 2021 Published Online May 2022 Published
Item ID:	30762
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2021 14:03
Last Modified:	08 Nov 2022 02:26
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/30762

View statistics for this item...

Edit Record (login required)