Culture Bias Flashcards

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what is universality and bias?

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  • extent that theories represent whole of human behaviour

- assume western studies apply to everyone, like asch and milgram (mann 74)

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what is ethnocentrism?

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  • belief in superiority of culture
  • belief that behaviour not conforming with western culture is abnormal
  • ainsoworth stange situation based normal attachment on her own beliefs (saw german mothers as rejecting)
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what is cultural relativism?

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  • ainsoworths research is example of imposed ethics
  • berry (69) said epic approach was looking at behaviour from outside culture
  • emic is viewing behaviour from within the culture
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