Evaluation for cultural variation

Question 1

Discussion point

Answer 1

high population validity

Culture bias discussion point

Question 2

High population, validity

Answer 2

Van izjendoorn meta analysis of cultural variations has high population validity

– Meta analysis of 32 strange situation with 2000 infants

– Therefore easier to generalise the findings to the rest of the target population

– Increasing external validity

Question 3

culture, bias discussion

Answer 3

However, critics point out that there was a large number of studies combined for meta analysis and can be criticised for culture bias

– Over half of the research was carried out in the US, and only five were carried out in non-Western cultures

– Therefore difficult to generalise the findings across all cultures