Evaluation Of Cross Cultural Studies

Question 0

Why is looking at a large number of studies a strength?

Answer 0

Findings are more likely to be valid

Question 1

What is a strength of the meta-analysis?

Answer 1

There are many factors controlled like only looking at mother infant pairs

Question 2

Is the fact that the strange situation was developed in America a strength or weakness?

Answer 2

A weakness, because it uses behaviours like separation anxiety evidence of attachment. This maybe true in western cultures but on other cultures like Japan where there is a greater frequency of resistant attachments as they are rarely left alone. Therefore the theory is culture bound

Question 3

What is the issues of using cross cultural studies?

Answer 3

It’s hard to determine what causes the differences. There are so many differences between cultures it is hard to identify one factor that brings out a difference in attachment behaviour