Which of the following is true about new frontiers in social psychological research?
a. Social psychologists are interested in the role of culture but not in evolutionary processes.
b. Social psychologists are interested in evolutionary processes but not the role of culture.
c. Social psychologists use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to correlate different kinds of brain activity with social information processing.
d. The purpose of cross-cultural research is to show that all social psychological findings are universal with no cultural variations.
Answer: C
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