attachment - CULTURAL VARIATIONS IN THE SS

Question 1

what countries did it take place in?

Answer 1

china, germany, israel, US, netherlands, GB, sweden, japan,

Question 2

when was ijzendoorn and kroonenbergs research?

Answer 2

1988

Question 3

sample

Answer 3

1990 children

Question 4

how many studies

Answer 4

32

Question 5

what is a meta analysis

Answer 5

a research process used to systematically synthesise or merge the findings of single, independent studies, using statistical methods to calculate an overall or ‘absolute’ effect.

Question 6

what was the aim of ijzendoor and kroonenberg?

Answer 6

• wanted to see the proportions of type of attachment across countries as well as within countries to understand the variations in culture

Question 7

what was the most common attachment in all?

Answer 7

secure

Question 8

where was secure the higheST?

Answer 8

GB - 75%

Question 9

what was the least common?

Answer 9

insecure resistant

Question 10

where was insecure resistant the highest?

Answer 10

isreael - 30%

Question 11

where was insecure avoidnt the most common?

Answer 11

Germany - 35%

Question 12

what was the finding in countries?

Answer 12

• there were 150% more variations within the same county than between different countries

Question 13

conclusion of cross cultural research?

Answer 13

• secure is the norm in a wide range of cultures- supporting bowlby that attachment is innate
• cultural practices has an effect on attachment type

Question 14

Evaluate izjendoor and kroonenberg

Answer 14

+ large sample - nearly 2000 children - 32 studies - increase internal validity - reduce the impact of anomalous results based on bad methodology

Question 15

effect of large sample

Answer 15

increase internal validity - reduce the impact of anomalous results based on bad methodology