Cross-culture research Flashcards
What is cross-culture research
Allows psychologists to see if a behaviour is universal across countries or cultures
Why may results not be valid if cross-culture research is not carried out
Research not generalisable to other countries experiment was not tested on, making it culturally biased
Why may results be ethnocentric
Research did not conduct experiment in way it applied to other cultures
What experiment did Takahashi (1990) replicate
Strange Situation
Where did Takahashi replicate the strange situation
Japan
What were Takahashi’s participant group
60 Japanese mothers and children
Results from Takahashi’s experiment
68% of children classified securely attached
0% avoidant-insecure behaviour was observed
32% classified resistant
Very distressed when alone
Why might results have differed between cultures
Japanese culture teaches avoiding interaction with other people is impolite and is taught to children from young
Cross sectional definition
Gather information on population at single point in time decide on cross-section of population to target and their measures are comparable
Cross sectional strengths
Obtain immediate results
More ethical = fewer demand on participants, compared to longitudanal
