cultural bias Flashcards

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define cultural bias

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the tendency to ignore cultural differences and interpret all phenomena through the lens of ones culture

( leads to the belief that one’s culture is “superior”)

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in 2010 what statistics were found regarding cultural bias

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68% of research participants from hundreds of journals were from the US or the UK

96% of studies were carried out in industrialised nations

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what acronym did Henrich use to describe the cultures and countries most likely to be researched

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WEIRD

Westernised
Educated
Industrialised
Rich
Democracies

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define alpha bias in terms of cultural bias

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exaggerates the differences between cultures

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define beta bias in terms of cultural bias

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minimises the differences between cultures (e.g: Asch and Ainsworth)

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define ethnocentrism

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judging other culutrues by the standards and values of ones own culture

(normally from a western stand point making other cultures be seen as “abnormal”)

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why is Mary Ainworth’s strange situation an example of cultural bias

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only reflected the norms and values of a western culture

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Use Takahasi’s research to explain why the Strange situation can not be applied to Japan

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japanese infants are more likely to be classed as insecure resitant as they were rarely separated from their mothers

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define cultural relativism

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findings found in research only make sense from the perspective of the culture within which it is discovered

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define imposed etic

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using your own culture as the norm and then comparing others to it

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define etic approach

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looks at behaviour from an outside a given culture and attempts to describe those behaviours as universal

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define emic approach

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looks at behaviour from inside a culture and identifies behaviours that are specific to that culture

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