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Freedom and Choice, Culture and Class
Ask for a cup of coffee in Starbucks and you’ll face a seemingly infinite number of choices: tall, soy, java chip frappuccino, extra-hot, half-caf. Shop for jeans at the Gap and you’ll face endless walls
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Toward a Psychology of Human Agency
Albert Bandura, Stanford University Bandura Skinner and other classic behaviorists argued that human behavior is a product of environment. But even Skinner realized this could not be completely true, as humans do indeed exert some
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Keynote Address: Memory and Cultural Evolution
“Our culture can be produced only by individuals who have a conscious awareness of a future existence in which they or their progeny may survive,” said APS Fellow and Charter Member Endel Tulving. Memory, Consciousness
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Cultural Psychology: Studying More Than the ‘Exotic Other’
In psychology departments across the country, a growing number of psychologists are doing something called “cultural psychology.” As they unpack their experiences and observations, unveil their theories and methods, and unfurl their often surprising results
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International Psychology: Psychology Congress Crosses Culture and Language Barriers
A bout 5,000 psychologists from 100 countries are expected at the 26th International Congress of Psychology in Montreal in mid-August, the Canadian committee organizing the event has announced. Five days of addresses, symposia, state of
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Psychology from Sea to Sea
