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DyllonKazuo

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What is one of the main problems faced by researchers who want to test their theories cross-culturally?
 
  a. Basic psychological processes inevitably differ from culture to culture.
  b. Ethical laws often prohibit psychologists from studying phenomena in all cultures.
  c. Variables may have to be changed so that their meaning is understood in the same way across cultures.
  d. Because experimental social psychology is historically an American enterprise, it is difficult to secure funding for cross-cultural research.

Question 2

One reason why it is important to examine cultural influences on social psychological processes is that
 
  a. establishing cultural differences helps to increase the internal validity of research.
  b. it helps us understand whether certain psychological processes are universal.
  c. replicating results across cultures is more effective than doing meta-analyses.
  d. looking at the documents of a culture can usually answer most social psychological questions.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B


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