In School, You Find Yourself Fascinated by Group Behavior

question 99

Multiple Choice

In school, you find yourself fascinated by group behavior. In particular, you think you'd like to study the influence of organized religion on community interaction. In which area of psychology should you specialize?

• A) developmental psychology
• B) motivation and emotion
• C) cognition
• D) social psychology

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Definitions:

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