As described in the textbook, finding that U.S.Southerners respond aggressively to insults more than Northerners because of underlying differences in measures of honor would be an example of
A) unpackaging a cultural difference.
B) a within-groups experimental design.
C) a situation-sampling study.
D) a quasi-experimental finding.
E) None of these terms describe the finding.

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Unpackaging a cultural difference involves identifying the underlying reasons or mechanisms that explain observed cultural differences. In this case, the difference in aggressive responses to insults between U.S. Southerners and Northerners is explained by differences in measures of honor, which is an example of unpackaging.

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