culture bias

Question 1

what is ethnocentrism

Answer 1

the assumption that one ethnic group is superior to another or to all other ethnic group

it is the view that their own ethnic group is normal and the others are strange and abnormal

Question 2

what is cultural relativism

Answer 2

the idea that behaviour differs amongst cultures something considered as normal in one culture may be abnormal in another

behaviour can only be understood in the context of the norms and values of the society or culture in which it occurs

Question 3

what is imposed etic ?

Answer 3

a technique or theory developed in one culture and is then used to study the behaviour of people in another culture

e.g using the strange situation outside of the UK/US

Question 4

what is an etic approach?

Answer 4

RESEARCH ACROSS CULTURES

looks at behaviour of a culture outside of the culture and attempts to find trends that can be generalised

Question 5

what is an emic approach ?

Answer 5

INSIDE OF THE CULTURE

e.g studies their own culture and then generalises findings to their OWN culture

considers behaviour from the inside of the culture

only applies in one culture