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* '''Cultural Psychology''' examines the effects of culture -- upbringing, laws, customs, taboos -- on the mind. It embraces the BlankSlate idea, feeling that mind and culture are largely inseparable. If you want ideas on where [[DrivesLikeCrazy Crazy Asian Drivers]], WidgetSeries, or [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Men]] come from, for instance, this is the place to look. This field is unfashionable, since it can so easily drift into corroboration of acceptable targets. But it isn't going away any time soon either; culture obviously influences thought patterns -- and, more importantly, the lens of culture is built into everything we do, so cultural psychologists will of necessity be involved in any attempts to develop truly universal models of behavior.

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* '''Cultural Psychology''' examines the effects of culture -- upbringing, laws, customs, taboos -- on the mind. It embraces the BlankSlate idea, feeling that mind and culture are largely inseparable. If you want ideas on where [[DrivesLikeCrazy Crazy Asian Drivers]], WidgetSeries, Drivers]] or [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Men]] come from, for instance, this is the place to look. This field is unfashionable, since it can so easily drift into corroboration of acceptable targets. But it isn't going away any time soon either; culture obviously influences thought patterns -- and, more importantly, the lens of culture is built into everything we do, so cultural psychologists will of necessity be involved in any attempts to develop truly universal models of behavior.

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