culture bias Flashcards
universiality
it means that it can apply to all people
culture bias
a tendency to interpret all phenomenoa through the lens of ones own culture, ignoring the effects that cultural differences might have on behaviour
cultural relativism
need to be in that culture to understand it
e.g. intelligence is different in each culture
ethnocentrism
when researchers see and judge other cultures by the standards and values of their own cultural perspective presuming this is what is normal and correct
- superiority to ones own culture = discrimination and prejucdice
- e.g strange situation = based on western ideas = ideal attatchment may not be the same in different cultures
weird
western, educated, industralised, rich, democratic
- norm to use these types of people = people who dont fit in these categories are abnormal
- 68% usa
- 96% industralised nations