culture bias research DONT DO

Question 1

ainsworth culture bias

Answer 1

• ETHNOCENTRIC AND IMPOSED ETIC
• strain situation is ethnocentric because it judged other cultures by the standard of American culture and assumed it is universal
• this has implications in the real world because they imposed etic can lead to misrepresentation of other cultures and the assist attachment types does not take into account of cultural relativism

Question 2

milgram culture bias

Answer 2

• ETHNOCENTRIC
• it only used American male participants and tried to apply these findings to everyone, so aim to be universal, this was conducted on Americans only and not exactly his cultures and he used American scientific principles which will lead to collectivist cultures being confused
• to collectivist cultures this would be unfamiliar research and can lead to demand characteristics and the please you effect

Question 3

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, culture bias

Answer 3

• ETHNOCENTRIC, IMPOSED ETIC
• ignores culture relativism and the standard of behavioural based on western individualistic culture, for collectivist cultures they may feel abnormal for not fitting in with Western ideals or individualistic concepts such as autonomy and personal growth