cultural bias Flashcards
(11 cards)
what is a weird sample
white
educated
industrialism
rich
democratic
what is cultural bias
a tendency to ignore cultural differences and interpret all behaviour through the norms of your own culture
what is the issue of cultural bias
misinterpretation of behaviour
what is ethnocentrism
a cultural bias leading to the belief in the superiority of your own culture causing prejudice and discrimniaton towards other cultures
what is the issue of ethnocentrism
prejudice and misinterpretation
what is emic behaviour
the behavioural constructs particular to a specific culture
what is the etic behaviour
the behavioural constructs that are universal to all people
what is imposed etics
when emics and etics get mistaken for eachother
what is the issue with imposed etics
misunderstanding and misinterpretation of bahviours
what is cultural realism
the ised that norms and values can only be meaningful and understood within a specific socisl context
what is the issue with cultural realtivism
avoids cultural bias but limits universalitlty
