Cultural diff 7

Cross cultural variations: 

Culture – the norms and values that exist within any group of people.  

Cultural variations – the differences in the norms and values between groups of people.  

How do the attachment types differ between different cultures?  

Definitions  

Individualistic cultures:  

• Priorities the individual independence and autonomy over the group.  

• Typically, in the west i.e. USA & UK.  

Collectivist cultures: 

Prioritize the group, family and community over the individual.  

Typically, in the east i.e. China & Japan.  

Research of Van Ijzendoorn & Kroonenberg – meta-analysis: 

A meta-analysis takes the data from many other studies and combines the results to see the overall effect or trends.  

Analyzed 32 studies from 8 countries with 1990 participants. All these studies made use of the strange situation to measure attachment.  

• They wanted to see if there were any intercultural differences – differences BETWEEN cultures.  

• They wanted to see if there were any intracultural differences – differences WITHIN cultures.