cultural variation Flashcards
what was the method that VAN IJZENDOORN and KROONENBERG used.
the reacher located 32 studies conducted in 8 countries of attachment where the stranger situation had been investigate in proportion of infants with different attachment type. approx 2,000 children were used. the data was meta analysed.
what were the 8 countries used in the experiment.
Germany, Sweden, UK, USA, china Japan, Netherlands, Isreal .
what’s were the finding of VAN IJZENDOORN and KROONENBERG
in almost all countries, securely attachment was very common. Securely attachment was the highest in UK 95% and lowest in china ( 50%), insecure avoidant was the highest in Germany 25% and lowest in Japan 5% and insecure resistance was highest in Israel ( 29%) and lowest in the UK ( 3%). The difference within the cross- cultural variation is 1.5 greater than between the cross cultural variation.
what was the conclusion of the study
the cross- cultural variation similarities ( the fact that most of the babies are securely attached universally ) suggest the aspect of attachment is mostly innate.
the cross-cultural variation difference ( the fact that Not all babies are securely attachment globally) suggest that aspect of attachment are influenced by culturally specific child rearing practices.
how is a strength of a cultural variation is that it has high population validity.
because in the research approx 2,000 participants were used which is a big sample to use. this is a strength because it increases the internal validity of the study as it reduces the impact of biased methodology and unusual participants over the meta analysis.
how is the strength of cultural variation is that most of the studies were conducted by the indigenous psychologists.
because for the research the German team was used and also Takahashi who was Japanese this means that the cross-cultural variation will be avoided such as communicating the instructions with the participants and misunderstanding of the language of the participant. this is a strength because the participants and the reacher would have communicated properly which increase the validity pf the stat collected devout cultural variations in attachment.
how is a limitation of cultural variation is that its affected by confounding. variables.
because the same study was used for the strange situation as well. because kagan argued that the temperament has import influence on child behaviour then the strange situation. this is a limitation because it suggest that the finding of the study lack validity.
