2022-2024 Year 13 A-Level Psychology - Issues & Debates: Culture Bias
Universality is the idea that psychological research findings can be applied to all people, regardless of culture, gender, or background. It assumes human behaviour is consistent across different groups, which can lead to culture bias if differences are overlooked.
Define Universality
The idea that conclusions drawn from research can apply to everybody
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Define Universality
The idea that conclusions drawn from research can apply to everybody
The idea that conclusions can be drawn from research and applied to everybody is known as …
Universality
Universality believes conclusions from research can be applied to everybody, regardless off…
Time period, gender & culutre
Define Culture Bias
Studies ignore cultural differences in behaviour & assume findings can be applied globally
Studies that ignore cultural differences & assume their findings can be applied globally is known as…
Culture Bias
Why can most psychology studies be criticised for culture bias?
Most studies are conducted in Western Cultures/Universities
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Define Universality | The idea that conclusions drawn from research can apply to everybody |
The idea that conclusions can be drawn from research and applied to everybody is known as … | Universality |
Universality believes conclusions from research can be applied to everybody, regardless off… | Time period, gender & culutre |
Define Culture Bias | Studies ignore cultural differences in behaviour & assume findings can be applied globally |
Studies that ignore cultural differences & assume their findings can be applied globally is known as… | Culture Bias |
Why can most psychology studies be criticised for culture bias? | Most studies are conducted in Western Cultures/Universities |
Most research in Psychology has been conducted in Western Universities, why is this an issue? | Culture Bias |
Name 2 studies from paper 1, social influence that can be criticised for culture bias | Milgram |
Define Ethnocentrism | Assumption that one culture is superior to another |
Assuming one culture is superior to another is known as… | Ethnocentrism |
Ethnocentrism leads to what beliefs? | That behaviours of one culture are the norm and others are seen as abnormal |
The behaviours of one culture being seen as normal but other culutres as abnormal is an example of… | Ethnocentrism |
What issue can ethnocentrism lead to… | Prejudice & Discrimination |
Prejudice & Discrimination are problems caused by… | Ethnocentrism |
Cultural relativism is… | Appreciating that behaviour varies between cultures |
Appreciating that behaviour varies between cultures is known as? | Cultural Relativism |
Cultural relativism takes into account what? | Social Norms of a Culture |
Give an example of a paper 1 Psychopathology topic that lacks cultural relativism | Definitions of abnormality |
Why do the definitions of abnormality lack cultural relativism? | Assume hearing voices is a symptom of Schizophrenia - do not take into account hearing voices can be a spiritual gift in Shaman cultures |