Culture Bias

Question 1

Define Culture Bias

Answer 1

The tendency to judge all people in terms of your own cultures assumptions (bias judgement).

Question 2

Define Cultural Relativism

Answer 2

The view that behaviour cannot be judged properly unless it is viewed In the context of the culture in which it originates.

Question 3

Define Culture

Answer 3

The rules, customs, morals and ways of interacting that bind together members of a society or some other collection of people.

Question 4

Define Ethnocentrism

Answer 4

Seeing things from the point of view of ourselves and our social group. Evaluating other groups of people using the standards and customs of ones own culture.

Question 5

Define Alpha Bias

Answer 5

Research exaggerates cultural differences and values one culture above others.

Question 6

Define Beta Bias

Answer 6

Ignores the possibility of cultural differences and assumes that one culture can be generalised to all others.

Question 7

Define the Emic Approach

Answer 7

Behaviour that is culturally specific, rather than an understanding of human behaviour globally. (Often from the view of an outsider).

Question 8

Define the Etic Approach

Answer 8

This aims to explain universal human behaviour (not reliant on culture). This is often done by comparing and contrasting different cultures to determine which aspects appear across all cultures.