This research sketches the cognitive portrait of the Himba, a remote population from Northern Namibia living in a non-industrial society almost completely devoid of modern artefacts. We compared the Himba sample to a French sample, exploring cognitive reflection, moral judgement, cooperative behaviour, paranormal beliefs, and happiness. We looked for both differences and similarities across cultures, and for the way cognitive functioning is associated with a range of demographic variables. Results showed some important group differences, with the Himba being more intuitive, more religious, happier, and less utilitarian than the French participants. Further, the predictors of these beliefs and behaviours differed between the two groups. The present results provide additional support to the recent line of research targeting cultural variations and similarities, and call for the need to expand psychology research beyond the Western world.

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纳米比亚偏远民族辛巴人的 21 世纪认知肖像

这项研究勾勒出辛巴人的认知画像，这是一个来自纳米比亚北部的偏远人口，生活在一个几乎完全没有现代人工制品的非工业社会中。我们将辛巴样本与法国样本进行比较，探索认知反思、道德判断、合作行为、超自然信仰和幸福感。我们寻找不同文化之间的差异和相似之处，以及认知功能与一系列人口变量相关联的方式。结果显示了一些重要的群体差异，辛巴人比法国参与者更直观、更虔诚、更快乐、更不实用。此外，这些信念和行为的预测因子在两组之间存在差异。