The fact that the importance people place on dreams varies across societies best illustrates which of the textbook's unifying themes?
A) Psychology is empirical.
B) Psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context.
C) Our behavior is shaped by our cultural heritage.
D) Our experience of the world is highly subjective.

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The fact that the importance people place on dreams varies across societies suggests that our behavior is shaped by our cultural heritage. Different cultures may have different beliefs and attitudes towards dreams, reflecting the impact of cultural norms and values on psychological experiences and behaviors. This highlights the role of sociocultural factors in shaping psychology, which is a key feature of the unifying theme that psychology evolves in a sociohistorical context (B) and that our experience of the world is highly subjective (D) depending on the cultural lens through which we see it. However, out of these options, C is the most directly related to the variability of dream importance across cultures. The empirical nature of psychology (A) does not directly apply to this particular phenomenon, although it underlies the scientific study of such cultural differences.

The Fact That the Importance People Place on Dreams Varies