culture bias

Question 1

what is culture bias?

Answer 1

the tendency to interpret all behaviour in the eyes of your own culture and ignoring the effect cultural differences may have.

Question 2

what is ethnocentrism?

Answer 2

judging other cultures by the norms and values of your own culture - the belief your culture is superior

Question 3

what is cultural relativism?

Answer 3

the idea that norms, values and standards can only be understood in the context of a specific culture

Question 4

example of ethnocentrism

Answer 4

Ainsworth’s strange situation - misinterpreted child-rearing practices in different countries, secure and insecure attachment are biased categories, other cultures seem abnormal as they deviate from American norms

Question 5

example of cultural relativism

Answer 5

John Berry (1969) - etic and emic approach - etic looks from outside a given culture and attempts to describe in terms of universality. emic looks from inside a given culture and identifies behaviour that are specific to that culture. i.e Ainsworth - etic