What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Epistemology
- Social science
His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Epistemology, Cognitive psychology, Religiosity and Prosocial behavior.
His studies in Social psychology integrate themes in fields like Categorization and Belief in God.
Ara Norenzayan interconnects Cultural psychology and Moral reasoning in the investigation of issues within Categorization.
His Epistemology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Cross-cultural, Sociocultural evolution and Cognitive science.
His Cognitive psychology study combines topics in areas such as Causation, Object and Rationality.
His Prosocial behavior research incorporates elements of Empirical evidence, Facilitator and Morality.
His most cited work include:
- The WEIRDest People in the World (3566 citations)
- Culture and systems of thought: holistic versus analytic cognition. (2734 citations)
- Most people are not WEIRD (1022 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Social psychology, Sociocultural evolution, Epistemology, Cognitive psychology and Morality.
His studies deal with areas such as Social cognition and Belief in God as well as Social psychology.
Ara Norenzayan studied Sociocultural evolution and Faith that intersect with Cognitive science of religion.
The Atheism research Ara Norenzayan does as part of his general Epistemology study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Scientific study, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science.
His work carried out in the field of Cognitive psychology brings together such families of science as Dialectic, Cognitive style and Behavioural sciences.
His Behavioural sciences research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Categorization and Moral reasoning.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (53.98%)
- Sociocultural evolution (17.70%)
- Epistemology (16.81%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Social psychology (53.98%)
- Morality (11.50%)
- Karma (6.19%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
Social psychology, Morality, Karma, Sociocultural evolution and Prosocial behavior are his primary areas of study.
His Social psychology research incorporates themes from Dualism, Mentalization and Social cognition.
His Sociocultural evolution study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Epistemology, Animism and Set.
As part of one scientific family, Ara Norenzayan deals mainly with the area of Cultural psychology, narrowing it down to issues related to the Evolutionary psychology, and often Behavioural sciences.
His study focuses on the intersection of Cultural learning and fields such as Cultural transmission in animals with connections in the field of Cognitive psychology.
His studies in Cognitive psychology integrate themes in fields like Cognitive style and Intuition.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The WEIRDest People in the World (3566 citations)
- The cultural evolution of prosocial religions. (335 citations)
- Religious Priming A Meta-Analysis With a Focus on Prosociality (236 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Epistemology
- Social science
Ara Norenzayan mainly focuses on Social psychology, Prosocial behavior, Morality, Sociocultural evolution and Behavioural sciences.
His research integrates issues of Empirical evidence and Mentalization in his study of Social psychology.
His Prosocial behavior study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Punishment, Economic game and Ethnography.
His Sociocultural evolution research includes elements of Animism, Interpersonal relationship, Faith and Empirical research.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Cultural transmission in animals, Cognitive psychology, Cultural learning and Counterintuitive in addition to Behavioural sciences.
The Cognitive psychology study which covers Evolutionary psychology that intersects with Cross-cultural studies.
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