Psychologists Have Often Ignored Cultural Differences

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culture refers to the set of

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customs, social roles, behavioral norms and moral values that are shared by a group of people

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as psychology developed in Western countries

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researchers would typically study people who were available - people from their own cultural background

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historically there hasn’t been much research into the

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comparison of people from different backgrounds

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researchers assumed that people from western cultures are essentialy

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the same as people in other cultures

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it has been assumed that non-western cultures are more

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primitive and and less worthy of study

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researchers who wanted to do cross-cultural research couldn’t because

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they lacked time or resources