Question

aliina is investigating a foreign transfer student new to whiting high school. she is trying to figure out whether being in a new country is altering the students behavior. this would be an example of which field in psychology?

behaviorism

cognitivist

psychobiology

sociocultural

Explanation:

Sociocultural psychology focuses on how cultural, social, and environmental factors influence human behavior and mental processes. In this case, the investigation centers on how the new cultural/social environment (new country) affects the student's behavior, which aligns with this subfield. Behaviorism focuses on observable behaviors from conditioning, cognitivism on mental processes like thinking, and psychobiology on biological bases of behavior, none of which match the focus here.

Answer:

Sociocultural