What Is an Artifact? Why Are Artifacts of Concern to Researchers

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Essay

What is an artifact? Why are artifacts of concern to researchers?

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Definitions:

Collectivist Cultures

Societies that prioritize the needs and goals of the group over individual desires or achievements.

Individualistic Cultures

Societies that emphasize personal achievements, independence, and self-reliance over collective goals.

Meta-Cognition

The awareness and understanding of one’s own thought processes, or thinking about thinking.

Magical Thinking

A belief in the interconnectedness of unrelated phenomena, where an individual attributes cause and effect relationships to actions and events without scientific justification.