In such research, which featured a combination of laboratory studies, survey data, and crime statistics, once again the goal has not been simply to demonstrate the existence of group differences. Rather, it has been to illuminate how cultural forces interact with particular contextual factors to prime specific values (e.g., choice, autonomy, honor)—values that are not unique to a particular culture or subculture but that are understood and acted upon differently by different societies and by different groups within those societies.