CULTURAL BIAS

Question 1

classic studies(-)

Answer 1

aschs and milgram’s studies were both exclusively US participants
when conducted in a COLLECTIVIST culture the rates of conformity were higher

Question 2

counterpoint(+)

Answer 2

individualist-collectivist definitions no longer apply
TAKONA+OSAKA found 14/15 studies that compared US to Japan found no evidence of difference between the two

Question 3

cultural psychology(+)

Answer 3

COHEN the study of how people shape and are shaped by cultural experiences
includes psychology, sociology and anthropology
avoid ethnocentric assumptions and focuses on two desperate cultures at once

Question 4

ethnic stereotyping (-)

Answer 4

GOULD the fist intelligence test led to eugenic social policies
south-eastern Europe and African-Americans scored the lowest as army restricts making them deemed mentally unfit and were denied professional opportunities