Psychology A-Level
cross-cultural comparisons
What cross-cultural comparisons means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of cross-cultural comparisons
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Reference: OCR
Lee et al. asked Chinese and Canadian children aged 7, 9 and 11 to rate stories involving good or bad deeds, finding that both cultures condemned lies covering misdeeds.
Topics that use cross-cultural comparisons
- Section A: Core studies (OCR A-Level)
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Using cross-cultural comparisons in the exam
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