culture bias Flashcards
culture bias
refers to tendancy to ignore cultural differences and interpret all phenomena throughout the lens of ones own culture
emic construct
looks within/inside a culture
identifies behaviour specific to that culture
operating under this approach, would be psychologistist truly emerging into a cultuure
devloping understanding of sultures research procedures an d finds just with that culture in mind
etic approach
describes behaviours outside of a given culture
attmepts to desribe behaviours that are universal
ethnocentrism
judging other cultures by standard and values of ones own culture
extreme form-belief in superiority of ones own culture which may lead to discrimiation, prejudice
example of ethnocentrisicm
ainsworths SS
only reflects norms and values of American culture
developed to assess attachment types
resaecrhers assume the ss has same meaning for infants from other counteries then it does for american culture
cultural relativism
idea that norms and values can only be understood