Cultural Basis

Question 1

What is ethnocentrism?

Answer 1

• Judging other cultures by the standing and vaules of one’s own culture.
• Underpines predjuce

Question 2

What is WERID?

Answer 2

• WERID (western, educated, rich, industrialised, democratic).
• Most studies are done on and by people in this demographic, meaning that the research will be biased to WERID culture.

Question 3

What is imposed etic?

Answer 3

• When emic research results are applied universially.
• This is an error and why you need to be mindful of cultural relativism.

Question 4

What is the emic approach?

Answer 4

Function from within certain cultures and identify behaviours specific to that culture.

Question 5

What is the etic approach?

Answer 5

Look at behaviour from outside a given culture and attempt to describe those behaviours that are universial.

Question 6

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Strange Situation Study

Answer 6

Strange Situation Study (Ainsworth (1970))
* Labelled attachment with moderate distress when left alone as ‘secure’ attachment.
* This was the attachment style that most babies were raised in western culture.
* When this was replicated in other countries were the attachment labels were kept despite clear cultural differences affecting attachment.
* This devaules parenting styles in other cultures.

Question 7

Kilham and Mann (1974) Study

Answer 7

Their study revealed different results when studided in other places in the world.