Different Cultures

Question 1

Ainsworth et al date

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1978

Question 2

Ainsworth et al findings have been shown many times in the

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USA

Question 3

they were unsure if Ainsworth’s strange situation could be applied to

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other cultures

Question 4

cross-cultural studies have taken place such as

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Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg (1988)

Question 5

Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg date

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1988

Question 6

Method: they carried out a

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meta analysis

Question 7

Method: how many studies did they look at?

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32

Question 8

Method: what did the studies look at?

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the strange situation

Question 9

Method: what countries did they look at?

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Japan
Britain
Sweeded

Question 10

Method: they looked to see if there was

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any patterns

Question 11

Results: the percentages of children classified as secure or insecure

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were similar across the countries tested

Question 12

Results: there was a bigger difference within

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the countries then between them

Question 13

Results: which type of attachment was the most common?

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secure attachment

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Results: some differences were found in the distribution of

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insecure attachment

Question 15

Results: in western cultures, the dominant type of insecure attachment was

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avoidant

Question 16

Results: which western country had the highest proportion of insecure-avoidant children?

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Germany

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Results: in non-western cultures, the dominant type of insecure attachment was

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resistant

Question 18

Results: which eastern country had the highest proportion of insecure-avoidant children

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Japan

Question 19

Conclusion: there are cross-cultural similarities in

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raising children

Question 20

Conclusions: there are common reactions to

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the strange situation

Question 21

Evaluation: children are brought up in different ways

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in different cultures

Question 22

Evaluation: because children are raised in different ways, this may result in

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different types attachment in different cultures

Question 23

Evaluation: this might mean that the strange situation might not be a suitable method for

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studying cross-cultural attachment

Question 24

Evaluation: using a different type of study may have

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revealed different patterns or types of attachment in different cultures

Question 25

Evaluation: the study assumes that different countries are the same thing as

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different cultures

Question 26

Evaluation: one problem with the research method is that meta-analysis can

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hide individual results that show an unusual trend