Individual And Cross Cultural Differences

Question 0

What was the most common attachment in this meta data study?

Answer 0

Secure

Question 1

What was this study?

Answer 1

• 2000 situations, 32 studies, 8 countries

Compared results of the strange situation in different cultures using META DATA

Question 2

What countries had the biggest differences in attachment?

Answer 2

Israel: more resistant and avoidant than US - raised on a KIBBUTZ so infants are not used to strangers

Japan: more resistant but low avoidant - mothers rarely leave infants

Germany: large number of avoidant - emphasises personal autonomy and independence

Question 3

A02 - evaluation

Answer 3

+ highlights the universal nature of attachment

• variation within cultures is 1.5 times greater - cautious of generalising cross cultural competitions, may lack validity
• sample sizes vary - 36 Chinese infants despite large population, 18 studies in US, 1 study in UK - lacks population validity