Culture Bias

Question 1

What is culture bias

Answer 1

A tendency to ignore cultural differences and interpret all phenomena through the lens of one’s own culture; this distorts your judgement

Question 2

What is ethnocentrism

Answer 2

Refers to the belief of superiority of one’s own culture

Question 3

What is an etic approach

Answer 3

Looks at behaviours from outside of a given culture and attempts to describe those behaviours that are universal (doesn’t take into account cultural differences)

Question 4

What is an example of an etic approach

Answer 4

• DSM-5 and ICD-10 assume no difference between cultures.
• when used to classify and diagnose in non-western cultures= an imposed etic; may not be measuring what they claim to be measuring

Question 5

What is an emic approach

Answer 5

Looks at behaviours within certain cultures and identifies behaviours that are specific to that culture

Question 6

What is an example of an emic approach

Answer 6

Afrocentrism= movement which proposes that all black people have their roots in Africa and that psychological theories concerning must be African-centred and express their African values.

Question 7

What is cultural relativism

Answer 7

Opposite of ethnocentrism= the view that behaviour cannot be judged properly unless it is viewed in the context of the culture in which it originates

Question 8

What is a piece of psychological research which is ethnocentrically based

Answer 8

Aisnworth’s strange situation

Question 9

What is an example of the social implications of culturally biased research

Answer 9

African Americans were at the bottom of the scale on the US army IQ test leading to negative attitudes towards this group of people by Americans

Question 10

How has contemporary psychology attempted to become more open-minded towards other cultures

Answer 10

Academics hold international conferences where researchers from different countries meet to discuss and exchange ideas