Badr Guennoun
A5087621258- Cultural Differences and Values
- Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Université Ibn-Tofail
2024
University of Hassan II Casablanca
2023-2024
Abstract Wisdom is the hallmark of social judgment, but how people across cultures recognize wisdom remains unclear—distinct philosophical traditions suggest different views wisdom’s cardinal features. We explore perception wise minds 16 socio-economically and culturally diverse convenience samples from 12 countries. Participants assessed exemplars, non-exemplars, themselves on 19 socio-cognitive characteristics, subsequently rating targets’ wisdom, knowledge, understanding. Analyses reveal...
When multiple ways of deciding are laid out side-by-side, which does one favor? We conducted experiments in 12 countries (N=3,517; 13 languages; two Indigenous communities), with adults choosing among four decision strategies—personal intuition, private deliberation, friends’ advice, or crowd wisdom—when working through six everyday dilemmas. In every society, self-reliant decisions (intuition deliberation) were most commonly preferred and considered the wisest. Expectations for fellow...
We investigated the universality versus cultural specificity of preferences for internal decision-making strategies (intuition/deliberation) over external (advice from friends or crowds). Participants samples spanning five continents (N=3,517), including Indigenous communities, considered scenarios involving personal and social decision-making. Across cultures, most participants preferred felt better using strategies, although they believed their peers would seek advice, revealing a...
Wisdom is the hallmark of social judgment, but how people across cultures recognize wisdom remains unclear—distinct philosophical traditions suggest different views wisdom’s cardinal features. We explore perception wise minds 16 socio-economically and culturally diverse convenience samples from 12 countries. Participants assessed exemplars, non-exemplars, themselves on 19 socio-cognitive characteristics, subsequently rating targets’ wisdom, knowledge, understanding. Analyses reveal two...