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culture

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the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a particular group of people or society

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culture bias

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tendency to ignore cultural differences and interpret all phenomena through the lens of your own culture

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cultural relativism

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behaviour differs across cultures
- behaviour only has meaning when considering the context at which it occurs

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ethnocentrism

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judging other cultures by the standards and values of ones own culture
- extreme type of culture bias

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universality

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behaviours are the same across cultures

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emic research

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research conducted inside a specific culture, aiming to identify behaviours that are specific to that culture

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imposed etic

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assumes behaviour from one culture can be applied universally

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examples of culture bias in research

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  • milgram
  • asch
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WEIRD samples

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Western
Educated
Industrialised societies
Rich
Democratic

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limitation of culture bias
- innacurate understanding of behaviour

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  • asch + milgram studied with white, middle class Americans
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limitation of culture bias
- negative implications for society

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  • IQ test were given to 1.75 million soldiers in WWI
  • contained questions about america
  • non-americans scored low results and were labelled as intellectually inferior
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strength of culture bias
- developments

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  • cultural psychology is new branch of psychology that has developed
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reducing cultural bias

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  • use researchers familiar/native to the culture that is being studied
  • cross-cultural research
  • reflexive approach
  • no assumptions
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CRRISSE acronym

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Cross-cultural research
Representative sample
Reflexive approach
Immersion
Standards
Sensitive research
Emic approach

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gender bias

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the differential treatment and/or representation of males and females, based on stereotypes and not real differences

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alpha bias

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refers to theories which exaggerate differences between males and females
- freud

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beta bias

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refers to theories which minimise differences between males and females
- asch (males)
- milgram (males)
- moscovici (women)

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how to deal with beta bias

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  • include samples with both genders
  • if one gender is used, make it clear and don’t apply it to another gender
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androcentrism

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theories focused on males
- Asch

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gynocentricism

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theories focused on women
- Moscovici

21
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free will vs determinism

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is human behaviour determined by factors such as biology and experience or do humans freely decide how to behave?

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free will

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humans make life choices that are not determined by biological or environmental factors
- humans are responsible for their own actions

23
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determinism

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behaviour always has a cause

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determinism continuum

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  • soft determinism
  • hard determinism
  • the more personal responsibility you have, the more soft determinism it is
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soft determinism

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  • behaviour is determined but mediated by cognitive factors
  • cognitive approach
  • social learning theory
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hard determinism

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  • behaviour is determined by either internal or external factors that are beyond our control
  • biological approach
  • behaviourist approach
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types of determinism

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  • biological
  • environmental
  • psychic
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biological determinism

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behaviours are determined by biological factors
- aggression = MAOA-L gene

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environmental determinism

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behaviours are determined by features of the environment
- based on principles of skinner
- bandura = models

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psychic determinism

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traits and behaviours are governed by unconscious instincts and drives
- freud

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strength of determinism

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  • linked to science
  • ability to investigate
  • can control and treat behaviour
  • cause and effect
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limitation of determinism

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  • inconsistent with legal system
  • legal system is moral and responsibility so we are held accountable for our behaviour
33
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strength of free will

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  • compatible with legal system
    -responsibility
  • moral and legal
  • self control
  • modern society
34
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limitation of free will

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  • inconsistent with science
    -cannot scientifically investigate free will
  • hard to define