culture bias

Question 1

ethnocentrism - bad

Answer 1

a type of culture bias that involves judging other cultures by the norms and standards of one’s own culture

Question 2

cultural relativism - good

Answer 2

the idea that human behaviour can only be meaningful and understood within the specific social and cultural context

Question 3

cultural bias - bad

Answer 3

overlooking cultural differences by looking at human behaviour from the perspective of your own culture

Question 4

etic approach

Answer 4

studying behaviour across many cultures in order to find universal behaviours

Question 5

culture bound syndromes

Answer 5

groups of syndromes classified as treatable illnesses in certain cultures that are not recognised as such in the west

Question 6

emic approach

Answer 6

studying cultures in isolation by identifying behaviours that are not specific to that culture

Question 7

individualist culture

Answer 7

refers to western countries that are thought to be more independent

Question 8

collective cultures

Answer 8

refers to cultures such as India and china that are said to be more conformist and group orientated

Question 9

imposed etic

Answer 9

a test, measure of theory devised in one culture that is used to explain behaviour is all other cultures

Question 10

research tradition

Answer 10

the familiarity a certain culture has with taking party in psychological investigations