Cultural Bias

Question 1

What is culture bias?

Answer 1

The tendency to judge people in terms of one’s own cultural assumptions

Question 2

What is ethnocentrism?

Answer 2

Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one’s own culture

Question 3

What is an example of ethnocentrism?

Answer 3

The Strange Situation as it reflected the norms and values of American parenting practises

Question 4

What is cultural relativism?

Answer 4

Behaviour can only be properly understood if the cultural context is taken into consideration

Question 5

What are 3 types of cultural relativism?

Answer 5

• Etic
• Imposed etic
• Emic

Question 6

What is etic?

Answer 6

Looks at behaviours outside of a specific culture and attempts to describe those behaviours as universal

Question 7

What is imposed etic?

Answer 7

Tries to generalise concepts and results to all cultures when it may not be relative

Question 8

What is emic?

Answer 8

Looks at cultures within a culture and aims to identify those behaviours which are specific to a culture

Question 9

What are 2 evaluation points?

Answer 9

• Have significant real world effects
• Individualism vs collectivism