Issues & Debates: Culture Bias Flashcards

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Define Universality

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The idea that conclusions drawn from research can apply to everybody

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The idea that conclusions can be drawn from research and applied to everybody is known as …

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Universality

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Universality believes conclusions from research can be applied to everybody, regardless off…

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Time period, gender & culutre

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Define Culture Bias

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Studies ignore cultural differences in behaviour & assume findings can be applied globally

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Studies that ignore cultural differences & assume their findings can be applied globally is known as…

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Culture Bias

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Why can most psychology studies be criticised for culture bias?

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Most studies are conducted in Western Cultures/Universities

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Most research in Psychology has been conducted in Western Universities, why is this an issue?

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Culture Bias

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Name 2 studies from paper 1, social influence that can be criticised for culture bias

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Milgram
Zimbardo

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Define Ethnocentrism

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Assumption that one culture is superior to another

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Assuming one culture is superior to another is known as…

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Ethnocentrism

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Ethnocentrism leads to what beliefs?

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That behaviours of one culture are the norm and others are seen as abnormal

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The behaviours of one culture being seen as normal but other culutres as abnormal is an example of…

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Ethnocentrism

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13
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What issue can ethnocentrism lead to…

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Prejudice & Discrimination

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14
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Prejudice & Discrimination are problems caused by…

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Ethnocentrism

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15
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Cultural relativism is…

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Appreciating that behaviour varies between cultures

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Appreciating that behaviour varies between cultures is known as?

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Cultural Relativism

17
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Cultural relativism takes into account what?

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Social Norms of a Culture

18
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Give an example of a paper 1 Psychopathology topic that lacks cultural relativism

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Definitions of abnormality

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Why do the definitions of abnormality lack cultural relativism?

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Assume hearing voices is a symptom of Schizophrenia - do not take into account hearing voices can be a spiritual gift in Shaman cultures