Describe a benefit of incorporating sociocultural perspectives into mainstream psychology

What will be an ideal response?


The student should mention that the sociocultural perspective allows researchers to compare and contrast individuals living in various parts of the world or who come from very different cultural or ethnic backgrounds. The excellent answer might identify several different areas of diversity beyond simple race or ethnicity to show higher-level understanding of this perspective.

Psychology

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Failure to detect changes in part of a scene is known as change ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

Psychology

Adolescence is a time of increased relationships with peers. How do they define relationship expectations during this time period?

A. Judgment, availability, and challenging thinking B. Acceptance, mutual understanding, and intimate self-disclosure C. Consistent morals, romance, and reliance D. Loyalty, intimacy, and reliance

Psychology

Adults in London, England, who were teenagers living there during the bombings of World War II, all report that their lives were changed by those events. This exemplifies which of the following?

A) Normative age-graded changes B) Normative critical periods C) Normative history-graded changes D) Non-normative life events

Psychology

A study in which subjects of different ages are compared at a given time is called a cross-sectional study

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Psychology