Most people think of cultural differences in terms of race, class, nationality, or religion. Michele Gelfand introduces the concept of âtightâ and âlooseâ, which cuts across all of those other categories.
Michele is a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of Maryland, College Park and joins David to discuss cultural diversity from an evolutionary perspective and more, including why the working class cares more about following the rules, the fractal nature of social norms, gamma wave synchrony in response to threat, and the strengths and limits of a tight-loose axis approach.
Links from the Episode
00:56- Micheleâs book, Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World
22:26- Micheleâs response to David and Harvey Whitehouseâs TVOL article, âDeveloping the Field Site Concept for the Study of Cultural Evolutionâ