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GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 31

Social Psychology · Aggression, Power and Prosocial Behaviour, and belief systems and value patterns · 1 mark · Multiple choice

If Cultural Congruence : Social Psychology, then Evoked Culture : _______?

  1. Evolutionary psychology
  2. Cultural psychology
  3. Cross-cultural psychology
  4. Clinical psychology

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Correct answer: (A) Evolutionary psychology

Explanation

Cultural congruence is a idea used in social psychology, and evoked culture is a concept of evolutionary psychology: the same evolved mental mechanisms produce different behaviour when different local conditions trigger them.