cultural variations AO3

Question 1

large sample

Answer 1

POINT large sample size nearly 2000
EXPLAIN increase internal validity reduce impact of anomalous results
END more pop validity will apply to more children more certain abt cultural variations

Question 2

compare countries not cultures

Answer 2

POINT: compared countries not cultures
EVIDENCE: many subcultures inside a country w/ different childrearing practices.overrepresent people in poverty. The stress of this may impact
childrearing and consequently attachment. An analysis found that distributions of attachments
types in Tokyo were similar to Western studies, but a more rural sample had an over-
representation of insecure-resistant infants.
END: Cultural characteristics of the sample needed to be specified

Question 3

better understand cultural differences in attachment types

Answer 3

POINT: better understand cultural differences in attachment types
EXPLAIN: helped highlight dofferences and similarities between attachment types. Like japan and germany (insecure)
END: helped pave the way for improved research for cultural differences