cultural bias

Question 1

define cultural bias

Answer 1

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

( leads to the belief that one’s culture is “superior”)

Question 2

in 2010 what statistics were found regarding cultural bias

Answer 2

68% of research participants from hundreds of journals were from the US or the UK

96% of studies were carried out in industrialised nations

Question 3

what acronym did Henrich use to describe the cultures and countries most likely to be researched

Answer 3

WEIRD

Westernised
Educated
Industrialised
Rich
Democracies

Question 4

define alpha bias in terms of cultural bias

Answer 4

exaggerates the differences between cultures

Question 5

define beta bias in terms of cultural bias

Answer 5

minimises the differences between cultures (e.g: Asch and Ainsworth)

Question 6

define ethnocentrism

Answer 6

judging other culutrues by the standards and values of ones own culture

(normally from a western stand point making other cultures be seen as “abnormal”)

Question 7

why is Mary Ainworth’s strange situation an example of cultural bias

Answer 7

only reflected the norms and values of a western culture

Question 8

Use Takahasi’s research to explain why the Strange situation can not be applied to Japan

Answer 8

japanese infants are more likely to be classed as insecure resitant as they were rarely separated from their mothers

Question 9

define cultural relativism

Answer 9

findings found in research only make sense from the perspective of the culture within which it is discovered

Question 10

define imposed etic

Answer 10

using your own culture as the norm and then comparing others to it

Question 11

define etic approach

Answer 11

looks at behaviour from an outside a given culture and attempts to describe those behaviours as universal

Question 12

define emic approach

Answer 12

looks at behaviour from inside a culture and identifies behaviours that are specific to that culture