Worksheets02-Cultural Bias After Summary Run Through
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is cultural bias in psychology?
Focusing on only biological influences on behaviour
Judging all cultures as equally valid
Favouring the norms and values of one culture over others in research
Studying behaviour from inside the culture
Which term refers to judging other cultures by the standards of one’s own?
Imposed etic
Ethnocentrism
Emic approach
Cultural relativism
Using a Western psychological test in a non-Western culture without adaptation is an example of:
Cultural relativism
Imposed etic
Social desirability
Researcher triangulation
The emic approach focuses on:
Applying universal theories across cultures
Studying behaviour from outside a culture
Understanding behaviour within its cultural context
Comparing individualist and collectivist values
Which of the following best describes an individualistic culture?
Values group harmony and social obligation
Prioritises personal achievement and independence
Rejects the idea of moral reasoning
Focuses solely on biological explanations
Why might Ainsworth’s Strange Situation suffer from cultural bias?
It was tested on too many collectivist cultures
It assumes attachment behaviours typical in the USA are universal
It is only designed for adults, not children
It measures intelligence instead of attachment
Kohlberg’s theory is criticised for cultural bias because it:
Overemphasises biological brain differences
Uses only female participants
Focuses on justice-based reasoning typical of Western cultures
Does not include any experimental controls
WEIRD samples are problematic because they:
Include too many participants from rural areas
Produce findings that are not generalisable to the global population
Only study children
Use too many non-scientific methods
Which of the following is a consequence of cultural bias in psychology?
Improved cross-cultural understanding
Universal validity of theories
Misinterpretation of behaviour
Increase in sample diversity
Misdiagnosis of mental disorders can occur when:
A culture refuses to participate in research
Only Western definitions of symptoms are used
Tests are translated into multiple languages
Cultural norms are considered in diagnosis
Cultural bias can reinforce stereotypes by:
Recognising cultural differences in behaviour
Applying culturally inappropriate assumptions to groups
Using representative samples
Encouraging replication studies
One way to reduce cultural bias is to:
Only use participants from Western cultures
Assume all cultures share identical values
Use culturally diverse samples
Avoid cross-cultural research
Which strategy helps improve the validity of cross-cultural research?
Ensuring tools are not adapted for other cultures
Using culturally sensitive methods
Assuming Western norms are universal
Removing all cultural references from studies
Emphasising cultural relativism involves:
Viewing behaviour solely through Western principles
Recognising that behaviours must be understood within a cultural context
Applying one culture’s standards to another
Avoiding cross-cultural comparisons entirely
Reduced reliability in cross-cultural research occurs when:
Measurements do not function consistently across cultures
Participants are too culturally diverse
Researchers use standardised procedures
Theories incorporate cultural variability
