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Many psychologists seem very concerned about diversity among their faculty and grad students. But, nearly a decade after the WEIRD People problem was identified as a scientific issue, there's been essentially no change in the diversity of psychology PARTICIPANTS. >90% WEIRD
In Psychological Science in 2017, nearly 50% of all samples were American, but NO participants from Africa or Latin America. 6.6% from "Asia", which includes China, India and the entire Middle East. There was NO information on sources for nearly a quarter of the samples! Generic 
Developmental psychology is no better. Here are the three top journals in developmental. There are more studies of non-humans primates than of Africans, Asians or Latin Americans!
Many studies since 2010 have only further underlined the size and diversity of global psychological variation. For example, see this PNAS special issue pnas.org/content/115/45…
or, this massive global study by @Armin_Falk, @AnkeBecker @BenjaminEnke
academic.oup.com/qje/article/13…
or, this massive global study by @Armin_Falk, @AnkeBecker @BenjaminEnke
academic.oup.com/qje/article/13…
Editors of leading psychology journals: WTF?
Do you not believe the evidence? I think solutions are fairly straightforward.
Do you not believe the evidence? I think solutions are fairly straightforward.
