Jen Clegg-Petz and I presented on cultural variation in first- and third-party imitation and attention. #SRCD2025

11/ We closed out with our discussant, Tanya MacGillivray, who argues for an emphasis on community engaged and slow science in developmental sciences.

10/ We need a shift: from extractive, top-down developmental science to horizontal, community-engaged research. This means co-design, shared ownership, and institutional support for ethical, inclusive practices.

9/ Most "cross-cultural" methods are just Western designs with a cultural tweak. But surface-level changes don’t make a study culturally valid. True relevance requires collaboration and input from the communities being studied.

8/ Yitong Wang discussed how too often, cross-cultural developmental research extracts data from communities without engaging them. This isn't just unethical—it undermines the science. It’s time to move from knowledge extraction to co-construction.

7/ Doing developmental research across cultures is tough—think unstable broadband, COVID impacts, and translating methods. But we need to adapt our studies to fit the context. @sylpi.bsky.social

6/ Canadian kids share more with age & when observed. Across Canada and Brazil, kids who see themselves as lower status give more. Social status perceptions may shape fairness decisions earlier than we think. @sylpi.bsky.social

5/ @sylpi.bsky.social et al. examined sharing behavior in Canada and Brazil, countries with differing socioeconomic profiles, and explored the challenges and opportunities of conducting the study in each region.

4/ By identifying the topics and areas where culture is underrepresented, Sarah offers a roadmap for future research that seeks to address these gaps.

3/ Topics like biology and atypical are less likely to include cultural variables. But social development and language? Much more likely. What gets studied says a lot about what we assume is universal.

2/ Sarah Pope-Caldwell et al. conducted a systematic review of nearly 2.7k empirical articles in developmental journals, to examine whether research topic predicts whether an article contains culture as a variable.

📢 Come to our symposium TODAY at #SRCD2025! We'll be discussing challenges and best practices for cross-cultural dev psych work!
🕒 4:40 PM📍200H
Talks by Sarah Pope-Caldwell, @sylpi.bsky.social, & Yitong Wang
Discussant: Tanya MacGillivray
Chairs: @nicolewen.bsky.social & @brucerawlings.bsky.social