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A multidisciplinary approach to research in small-scale societies: studying emotions and facial expressions in the field
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UAM. Departamento de Psicología Social y MetodologíaPublisher
Frontiers Research FoundationDate
2016-07-18Citation
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01073
Frontiers in Psychology 7 (2016): 1073
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1664-1078 (online)DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01073Funded by
CC received a four-year financial support as a recipient of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid PG scholarship FPI-UAM 2012Subjects
Culture; Emotion; Facial expressions; Indigenous societies; Methods; Multidisciplinary approach; Antropología; PsicologíaRights
Copyright © 2016 Crivelli,Jarillo and FridlundAbstract
Although cognitive science was multidisciplinary from the start, an under-emphasis on anthropology has left the field with limited research in small scale, indigenous societies. Neglecting the anthropological perspective is risky, given that once-canonical cognitive science findings have often been shown to be artifacts of enculturation rather than cognitive universals. This imbalance has become more problematic as the increased use of Western theory-driven approaches, many of which assume human uniformity ("universality"), confronts the absence of a robust descriptive base that might provide clarifying or even contrary evidence. We highlight the need for remedies to such shortcomings by suggesting a two-fold methodological shift. First, studies conducted in indigenous societies can benefit by relying on multidisciplinary research groups to diminish ethnocentrism and enhance the quality of the data. Second, studies devised for Western societies can readily be adapted to the changing settings encountered in the field. Here, we provide examples, drawn from the areas of emotion and facial expressions, to illustrate potential solutions to recurrent problems in enhancing the quality of data collection, hypothesis testing, and the interpretation of results
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Jarillo, Sergio
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Fridlund, Alan J.
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