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on: Jun 22, 2018
What is meant by proximate and ultimate explanations for social behavior?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Social psychology has virtually no applications in business, medicine, and law.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


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

Answer: Proximate: a focus on relatively immediate causes. Ultimate: a focus on background or historical causes.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: FALSE


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