PSY321H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ethnocentrism, Motivation, Dependent And Independent Variables
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Nonuniversal concept doent exist across cultures ie; abacus reasoning is culture specific. Most studies use weird samples -> not generalizable. Greenfield examined extraversion across 2 cultures -> zinat (mexico) and north americans. Will inherit problems associated with particular method. Greenfield examined cross cultural diff in terms of diff personality traits. Uses methods from those diff disciplines -> ie using surveys to examine extraversion. By virtue of comparing diff cultures -> new problems. Which cultures to study: might choose random cultures - will only obtain diff btw cultures, cross cultural psy is not only interested in finding out diff btw cultures but also why diff exist - Studied baka kids and north american kids; both had similar performance of smarties task -> theory of mind if accessibility universal. Most psy study participants from their own culture. Marcus and haliama live in the culture - time consuming and costly.
