Culture Bias

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Hint	Answer
Culture Bias	a tendency to ignore cultural differences and interpret all phenomena through the lens of ones own culture
Example	american iq test
Ethnocentrism	using your own culture as the standard and seeing the world from ones own cultural perpective
	believe this perspective is both normal and correct
Example	le vine et al 1994
	german children show higher levels of insecure avoidant attachments
	mothers encourage independance not that they are insensitive
	little interaction still securely attached
	ainsworths strange situation
Cultural relativism	behaviour can only be properly understood if the cultural context is taken into consideration
Example	dsm 5 includes culturally bound syndromes
Obedience / Conformity	replicated and found very different results
Problems	incorrect beliefs

Hint	Answer
	negative implications
	effect diagnosis of mental disorders
Ways to reduce	carry out cross cultural research
	dont assume universal norms
	dont attempt to apply theories to cultures not represented in research
	take a reflexive approach
Evaluation	recognise when it occurs
	smith and bond 1998
	real world effects
	amercian iq test
	development of indigenous psychologies
	are afrocentric theories culture bias