<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>On Oct 24, 2558 BE, at 6:32 AM, BillK <<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com">pharos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 24 October 2015 at 14:08, Dan TheBookMan wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://m.jcc.sagepub.com/content/46/4/579.abstract">http://m.jcc.sagepub.com/content/46/4/579.abstract</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Abstract</span><br><span>We examined how individualistic versus collectivistic cultural</span><br><span>backgrounds affected the psychological experience of social exclusion.</span><br><span>We found that Turkish, Chinese, and Indian participants</span><br><span>(collectivistic background) differed in their experience of social</span><br><span>exclusion from German participants (individualistic background).</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>You can read the full text here (if you really want to!):</span><br><span><<a href="http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susanna_Yeung/publication/272493721_Exclude_Me_If_You_Can_Cultural_Effects_on_the_Outcomes_of_Social_Exclusion/links/55a8835908ae815a042145e6.pdf">http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susanna_Yeung/publication/272493721_Exclude_Me_If_You_Can_Cultural_Effects_on_the_Outcomes_of_Social_Exclusion/links/55a8835908ae815a042145e6.pdf</a>></span><br><span></span><br><span>But it strikes me as a waste of time.</span><br><span>Only 120 to 180 participants tested, to cover all nationalities.</span><br><span>Inclusion / exclusion tested by playing a computer game or writing an essay.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Testing millions by unfriending on Facebook might be a better method.</span><br></blockquote><br><div>I agree that the sample size and range of ethnic groups was too small to be more than suggestive and in need of further study.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dan</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Sample my Kindle books via:</span></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Ust/e/B00J6HPX8M/" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Ust/e/B00J6HPX8M/</font></a></div></div></div></body></html>