Question

it might depend on where you live by kira m. newman, 2021 different cultures value different things—and that matters for happiness. 1 when a new psychology study comes out, its findings are often taken as truth for all humanity. ideas such as \gratitude makes people happy\ and \meditating can boost your mood,\ are helpful, but do they apply to everyone across all cultures? in recent years, researchers have pointed out that much of psychology research involves participants who are \weird.\ if you wonder if youre in the weird group, this is what it stands for: western, educated, and from industrialized, rich, and democratic countries. 2 what does that matter? because it could be that the insights were learning about how to live happy, meaningful lives privilege one group over the rest. the insights may not be as useful to people from other cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds. 3 a new study surveyed people in five various regions of the world to see if the happiness factors might be different. the discrepancies the researchers found might show that our current knowledge about well - being isnt as universal as we might think. 4 \the implicit claim in previous research that one size fits all is probably incorrect,\ write bruce headey and his colleagues at the diw berlin research institute. stop and annotate based on the introduction, what do you think the text is going to be about? highlight words and phrases that support your thinking.

Explanation:

The text's introduction focuses on how different cultures value different things affecting happiness, critiques psychology research's over - generalization (using WEIRD participants), and mentions a new study on happiness factors across world regions. So the text will likely explore how cultural and regional differences impact what contributes to happiness, challenging the "one - size - fits - all" idea in well - being research. Supporting phrases: "Different cultures value different things—and that matters for happiness", "psychology study... findings... taken as truth for all humanity... do they apply to everyone across all cultures?", "WEIRD group", "insights... may not be as useful to people from other cultures", "A new study surveyed people in five various regions... see if the happiness factors might be different", "our current knowledge about well - being isn’t as universal as we might think", "‘one size fits all’ is probably incorrect".

Answer:

The text is going to be about how cultural and regional differences influence the factors that contribute to happiness, and it will challenge the idea that well - being research findings are universal (the “one size fits all” claim in previous research).