"Heroes" and "villains" of world history across cultures.

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dc.citation.issue2
dc.citation.volume10
dc.contributor.authorHanke K
dc.contributor.authorLiu JH
dc.contributor.authorSibley CG
dc.contributor.authorPaez D
dc.contributor.authorGaines SO
dc.contributor.authorMoloney G
dc.contributor.authorLeong C-H
dc.contributor.authorWagner W
dc.contributor.authorLicata L
dc.contributor.authorKlein O
dc.contributor.authorGarber I
dc.contributor.authorBöhm G
dc.contributor.authorHilton DJ
dc.contributor.authorValchev V
dc.contributor.authorKhan SS
dc.contributor.authorCabecinhas R
dc.date.available2015-02-04
dc.date.available2014-11-25
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractEmergent properties of global political culture were examined using data from the World History Survey (WHS) involving 6,902 university students in 37 countries evaluating 40 figures from world history. Multidimensional scaling and factor analysis techniques found only limited forms of universality in evaluations across Western, Catholic/Orthodox, Muslim, and Asian country clusters. The highest consensus across cultures involved scientific innovators, with Einstein having the most positive evaluation overall. Peaceful humanitarians like Mother Theresa and Gandhi followed. There was much less cross-cultural consistency in the evaluation of negative figures, led by Hitler, Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein. After more traditional empirical methods (e.g., factor analysis) failed to identify meaningful cross-cultural patterns, Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) was used to identify four global representational profiles: Secular and Religious Idealists were overwhelmingly prevalent in Christian countries, and Political Realists were common in Muslim and Asian countries. We discuss possible consequences and interpretations of these different representational profiles.
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dc.identifierARTN e0115641
dc.identifier.citationPLOS ONE, 2015, 10 (2), pp. ? - ? (21)
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0115641
dc.identifier.elements-id221610
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherPUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
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dc.rightsHanke et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectMultidisciplinary Sciences
dc.subjectScience & Technology - Other Topics
dc.subjectLATENT CLASS ANALYSIS
dc.subjectSOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE MEMORY
dc.subjectIDENTITY
dc.subjectPERSONALITY
dc.subjectLEADERSHIP
dc.subjectDYNAMICS
dc.subjectPOLITICS
dc.subjectEVENTS
dc.subjectPEOPLE
dc.title"Heroes" and "villains" of world history across cultures.
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Psychology
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