Research designed to examine racial and ethnic groups within cultures.
An interdisciplinary subfield that focuses on how psychology—particularly social and cognitive psychology—relates to economic decision making.
The scientific study of how individuals think, feel, and behave in a social context.
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cross-cultural research
Research designed to compare and contrast people of different cultures.
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behavioral genetics
A subfield of psychology that examines the role of genetic factors in behavior.
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interactionist perspective
An emphasis on how both an individual’s personality and environmental characteristics influence behavior.
A system of enduring meanings, beliefs, values, assumptions, institutions, and practices shared by a large group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next.
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social cognition
The study of how people perceive, remember, and interpret information about themselves and others.