Cultural bias

Question 1

Points to make

Answer 1

• Cultural bias
• Cross cultural studies
• Difference or bias
• Ethnocentrism
• Cultural relativism

Question 2

Points for cultural bias

Answer 2

• Define
• Traditional psych stems from western ideas
• Explanations are limited and reductionist

Question 3

Studies to use

Answer 3

• Buss - relationships 37 countries - issue with translations, pps may have pop bias,
• ## Kohlberg

Question 4

Evaluate cross cultural research

Answer 4

• if behaviour is universal cultural bias is not an issue
• Western view may not understand the different cultures
• western procedures - imposed etic
• Pps may not be representative

Question 5

Points for difference or bias

Answer 5

• Just because their is a difference doesn’t mean their is a bias
• Myers and Diener - Holland and neteherlands
• DSM - Africans 7 times more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia
• Slowly being addressed

Question 6

Points for ethnocentrism

Answer 6

• Use of own culture to judge other cultures
• Natural but should be avoided in research
• Alpha bias and beta bias
• Alpha bias = Sees their culture as superior so assumes behaviour will be different
• Beta bias = assuming behaviour will be same across all

Question 7

Points for Cultural relativism

Answer 7

All cultures are equally worthy of respect when studying another culture it is important to understand how that culture may see the world

Question 8

Evaluation points

Answer 8

• Just because culture is based on one culture doesn’t mean its ethnocentric
• Culture is not just geographical
• Different historical periods can also be classed as different cultures