culture bias

Question 1

what is culture bias?

Answer 1

culture bias is the tendency to judge others on the basis on one’s own cultural assumptions

Question 2

what is ethnocentrism

Answer 2

ethnocentrism is a form of culture bias where the reasesrch sees the world from their own cultural perspective and believes this is correct

Question 3

what are examples of culture bias in psychology ?

Answer 3

psychopathology- definitions of abnormality
attachment-Ainsworth strange situation

Question 4

how does definitions of abnormality show culture bias?

Answer 4

deifications of abnormality shows culture bias as defining abnormality varies from culture to culture. r.g deviation from ideal mental heals defines. ideal mental health in terms of personal worth and individual autonomy- may not be true in collectivist cultures

Question 5

how is ainsworth strange situation an example of ethnocentric reasesrch ?

Answer 5

it was designs in america to assess attachment types, assuming that the strange situation has the same meaning for infants in other cultures. different cultures have different child rearing styles so may have less secure attachments. a secure attachment is seen as the most desirable-seeding the world through a western perspective believing it to be accurate

Question 6

what is cultural relativism?

Answer 6

it argues behaviour can only be properly understood if culture is taken into consideration-appreciating behaviour that varies between cultures

Question 7

what is an emic approach ?

Answer 7

the idea that if a certain culture is studied then the results of that study will only be relevant to that culture

Question 8

what is an etic approach ?

Answer 8

believe behaviour can be applied regardless of culture

Question 9

what is universality?

Answer 9

when a theory is universal and can be applied to all people irrespective of gender or culture