Culture bias Flashcards

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Cultural bias

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The tendency to judge all people in terms of your own cultural assumptions, which biases your judgement

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Alpha bias

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Assume there are real & lasting differences between cultures
The distinction made between collectivist and individualist cultures
(Takano and Osaka 1999)

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Beta bias

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Theories that ignore/minimise cultural differences
(Wober 1974)

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Ethnocentrism

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Can lead to alpha bias
Where we use our own ethnic or cultural group as a basis for judgements about other groups
Can lead to beta bias- their view is a ‘world view’

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Cultural relativism

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The view that behaviour cannot be understood properly unless it is viewed in the context of the culture where it originates
(Margret Mead 1935)
She found 3 tribes Arapesh, Mundugumor & Tchambuli- whose gender roles were all different

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