Different Cultures Flashcards
Ainsworth et al date
1978
Ainsworth et al findings have been shown many times in the
USA
they were unsure if Ainsworth’s strange situation could be applied to
other cultures
cross-cultural studies have taken place such as
Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg (1988)
Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg date
1988
Method: they carried out a
meta analysis
Method: how many studies did they look at?
32
Method: what did the studies look at?
the strange situation
Method: what countries did they look at?
Japan
Britain
Sweeded
Method: they looked to see if there was
any patterns
Results: the percentages of children classified as secure or insecure
were similar across the countries tested
Results: there was a bigger difference within
the countries then between them
Results: which type of attachment was the most common?
secure attachment
Results: some differences were found in the distribution of
insecure attachment
Results: in western cultures, the dominant type of insecure attachment was
avoidant
Results: which western country had the highest proportion of insecure-avoidant children?
Germany
Results: in non-western cultures, the dominant type of insecure attachment was
resistant
Results: which eastern country had the highest proportion of insecure-avoidant children
Japan
Conclusion: there are cross-cultural similarities in
raising children
Conclusions: there are common reactions to
the strange situation
Evaluation: children are brought up in different ways
in different cultures
Evaluation: because children are raised in different ways, this may result in
different types attachment in different cultures
Evaluation: this might mean that the strange situation might not be a suitable method for
studying cross-cultural attachment
Evaluation: using a different type of study may have
revealed different patterns or types of attachment in different cultures
Evaluation: the study assumes that different countries are the same thing as
different cultures
Evaluation: one problem with the research method is that meta-analysis can
hide individual results that show an unusual trend
