3.7 Cultural variations in attachment

Question 1

Define Cultural variations

Answer 1

The ways that different groups of people vary in terms of their social practises and the effect that these practices have on developments and behaviour

Question 2

Describe cultural variations into attachment

Answer 2

Key study: Kroonenberg et al - meta analysis of 32 studies using the strange situation from 8 countries.
Findings: Secure attachment is the norm in all countries
but not all countries have the same levels
Cultural variations between japan and germany

Question 3

Evaluate Kroonenberg et al

Answer 3

Similarities may be due to global culture.
Within countries there are changes such as urban japan and rural japan.
Cross cultural research uses tools developed in a different country.

Question 4

Which countries had abnormalities and what were they.

Answer 4

Japan - resistant

Germany - avoidant