PSYC10004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Numeracy, Chinese Folklore, Intersubjectivity
8. Development and Culture
Cross Cultural Factors and Attachment
• are the attachment patterns relevant to all cultural groups?
• Germany tend to have "Anxious-avoidant" attachment
• is this a good thing or a bad thing?
• Hoeer, i Geray seure attahet is looked do upo – emphasis on independence
• Does sensitivity-security hypothesis extend to cultures different from those of industrialised Western
countries?
Domains of Care-giving and Infant Security to Cross-Cultural Psychology *?? Dot
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• Sensitive responsiveness: unaware/insensitive to babies signals
• Accessibility: seems to be aware of baby, even when not in room
• Acceptance: is irritated by demands of baby or delighted over baby
Cross-cultural Psychology
Culture: socially transmitted or socially constructed constellation consisting of things such as practices,
competencies, ideas, schemas, symbols, values, norms, institutions, goals, constitutive rules, artefacts,
and modifications of the physical environment
Competencies: thinking, reasoning, problem solving
Research Questions
• To what extend does developmental pathway reflect forms of interaction in culture?
• Measurement Issue — concept equivalence across cultures
o Are we measuring the same thing in different cultures?
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Document Summary
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