Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology
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The Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology is a research division that investigates how culture and cognition develop and vary across human societies and in comparison with other species.
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Target entity: Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology Context triple: [Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, hasDivision, Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology]
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Department of Comparative Human Development
The Department of Comparative Human Development is an interdisciplinary academic unit that studies human development and behavior across cultural, social, biological, and psychological contexts.
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Institute of Psychology
The Institute of Psychology is an academic unit of the University of Tartu’s Faculty of Social Sciences that focuses on education and research in psychological science.
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Department of Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo is a major academic unit dedicated to research and education in psychology within the Faculty of Social Sciences.
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Department of Psychology
The Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London is an academic unit specializing in psychological teaching and research within the university’s Faculty of Life Sciences and the Environment.
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Department of Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University of Miami is an academic unit within the College of Arts and Sciences that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in psychological science and its applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology Target entity description: The Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology is a research division that investigates how culture and cognition develop and vary across human societies and in comparison with other species.
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Department of Comparative Human Development
The Department of Comparative Human Development is an interdisciplinary academic unit that studies human development and behavior across cultural, social, biological, and psychological contexts.
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Institute of Psychology
The Institute of Psychology is an academic unit of the University of Tartu’s Faculty of Social Sciences that focuses on education and research in psychological science.
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Department of Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo is a major academic unit dedicated to research and education in psychology within the Faculty of Social Sciences.
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Department of Psychology
The Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London is an academic unit specializing in psychological teaching and research within the university’s Faculty of Life Sciences and the Environment.
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Department of Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University of Miami is an academic unit within the College of Arts and Sciences that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in psychological science and its applications.
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Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic unit
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research department ⓘ |
| aim |
to compare cognitive processes across cultures
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to compare cognitive processes across species ⓘ to understand how cognition shapes culture ⓘ to understand how culture shapes cognition ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
researchers in anthropology
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researchers in biology ⓘ researchers in cognitive science ⓘ researchers in psychology ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
cognitive science
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comparative cultural psychology ⓘ comparative psychology ⓘ cultural psychology ⓘ developmental psychology ⓘ |
| goal |
to advance understanding of human cognitive diversity
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to integrate cultural and comparative approaches to cognition ⓘ to situate human cognition in an evolutionary context ⓘ |
| investigates |
comparative social cognition
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cultural variability in development ⓘ interaction between biology and culture ⓘ ontogeny of cultural learning ⓘ universals and differences in cognition ⓘ |
| produces | empirical research on culture and cognition ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
comparisons between humans and other species
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cross-cultural variation in behavior ⓘ cross-cultural variation in cognition ⓘ culture and cognition ⓘ development of cognition ⓘ development of culture ⓘ evolutionary foundations of culture ⓘ social learning across species ⓘ |
| researchMethod |
behavioral experiments with non-human animals
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comparative studies across human societies ⓘ cross-species comparisons ⓘ developmental studies with children ⓘ experimental studies of cognition ⓘ field studies in diverse cultures ⓘ |
| studies |
human societies
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non-human primates ⓘ other animal species ⓘ |
| typicalOutput |
conference presentations
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peer-reviewed journal articles ⓘ research reports ⓘ |
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Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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hasDivision
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Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology
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