Psychology A-Level
individual, social and cultural diversity
What individual, social and cultural diversity means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of individual, social and cultural diversity
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Reference: OCR
Naming who was studied and who was not, for example that an all-male American sample says little about women or about cultures with different norms of authority.
Topics that use individual, social and cultural diversity
- Section A: Core studies (OCR A-Level)
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