What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Epistemology
- Social science
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social psychology, Sociocultural evolution, Dual inheritance theory, Cultural transmission in animals and Prosocial behavior.
His Social psychology research focuses on subjects like Ethnic group, which are linked to Kinship.
The various areas that Joseph Henrich examines in his Sociocultural evolution study include Ecology, Coevolution, Cognition, Empirical research and Human evolution.
His Dual inheritance theory research includes themes of Cognitive psychology, Natural selection, Cultural learning and Inference.
His Cultural transmission in animals study incorporates themes from Epistemology, Economic geography and Diffusion of innovations.
His Prosocial behavior study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Interpersonal relationship, Cultural diversity and Morality.
His most cited work include:
- The WEIRDest People in the World (3566 citations)
- In search of homo economicus: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies (1691 citations)
- The evolution of prestige: freely conferred deference as a mechanism for enhancing the benefits of cultural transmission. (1286 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Social psychology, Sociocultural evolution, Cognitive psychology, Epistemology and Prosocial behavior.
In general Social psychology study, his work on Altruism often relates to the realm of Variation, thereby connecting several areas of interest.
His work on Dual inheritance theory as part of general Sociocultural evolution research is often related to Social learning, thus linking different fields of science.
Joseph Henrich interconnects Cultural psychology and Behavioural sciences in the investigation of issues within Cognitive psychology.
He studies Epistemology, namely Faith.
Joseph Henrich combines subjects such as Cognitive science and Positive economics with his study of Cognition.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (56.97%)
- Sociocultural evolution (39.44%)
- Cognitive psychology (17.13%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Social psychology (56.97%)
- Sociocultural evolution (39.44%)
- Cognitive psychology (17.13%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Sociocultural evolution, Cognitive psychology, Cultural psychology and Kinship.
His Social psychology study focuses on Moral reasoning in particular.
The concepts of his Sociocultural evolution study are interwoven with issues in Epistemology, Sociality, Cognitive science and Set.
His Cognitive psychology research incorporates themes from Incentive, Id, ego and super-ego, Adaptive value and Overconfidence effect.
Joseph Henrich studied Cultural psychology and China that intersect with Economic geography.
As a part of the same scientific family, Joseph Henrich mostly works in the field of Kinship, focusing on Globe and, on occasion, Cross-cultural psychology, Cousin marriage and Genealogy.
Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- The WEIRDest People in the World (3566 citations)
- The Moral Machine experiment (315 citations)
- A problem in theory (173 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Epistemology
- Social science
His primary areas of investigation include Sociocultural evolution, Social psychology, Social learning, Set and Replication crisis.
His studies deal with areas such as Religiosity, Natural experiment, Ethnic group and Aggression as well as Sociocultural evolution.
Particularly relevant to Moral reasoning is his body of work in Social psychology.
Cross-cultural studies is closely connected to Sociality in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Set.
His Replication crisis research incorporates elements of Epistemology, Psychological Theory and Dual inheritance theory.
His Cognitive psychology research integrates issues from Behavioral economics, Categorization, Behavioural sciences, Evolutionary psychology and Cultural psychology.
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