cultural variation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofculturalandvariation
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cultural
adjective
uk/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs of ...
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variation
noun
uk/ˌveə.riˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌver.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
a change in amount ...
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We agree regarding the importance of individual andculturalvariationin religion.
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They provide (although very briefly) the best discussion in the book of the influence ofculturalvariationon gestures.
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One view of these types of findings is that language learning is relatively robust acrossculturalvariation.
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They are the bedrock upon which we build institutional andculturalvariation, and help explain universal features of human culture.
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It proposes that there exists an inverse relationship between geographical and temporal coverage and the social andculturalvariationemployed.
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A quantitative rather than qualitative crossculturalvariationin the effects of psychological factors is being proposed.
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Studies exploring general practitioners' beliefs, their patients' beliefs andculturalvariationof detection as a function of beliefs are required.
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Awareness ofculturalvariationand bias and cooperative efforts to develop and administer culturally appropriate assessment tools are the foundation of effective, valid treatment programmes.
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In keeping with our target article we will discuss the reactions to the evidence forculturalvariation in the field and social learning mechanisms separately.
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We defineculturalvariationas differences among individuals that exist because they have acquired different behaviour as a result of some form of social learning.
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Ontogenetic learning is the wellspring ofculturalvariation; there has to be something worth transmitting before social learning will even manifest itself.
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It also takes into accountculturalvariationand allows nations and communities to have different views on shared risk management and equity.
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Due to the nature ofculturalvariationand the potential for cultural bias, new assessment tools need to be developed or existing tools require adaptation.
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This boundary breakdown, one of the material sources of what was called the postmodern condition, had made scholars sensitive toculturalvariationin boundary construction.
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The findings have been interpreted in the light of social relations theories, with special emphasis on the importance of taking a multidimensional perspective and exploringculturalvariation.
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In addition,culturalvariationwill increase between families variance but, in the case of twins reared together, will be indistinguishable from genetical effects acting between families.
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This finding suggests that some racial disparities are a consequence ofculturalvariationin the assessment of mental illness and psychological wellbeing rather than innate racial differences.
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Yet there is someculturalvariationin beliefs about happiness.
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Diversity in tool design among corvids suggestsculturalvariation.
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Culturalvariationin young children's access to work or involvement in specialised child-focused activities.
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In the case mentioned, it seems that in an attempt to accommodate what was seen as aculturalvariationof normal practice, a mistake was made.
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