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ETHNOCENTRISM
D E B AT E S S E C B G 5 4 4
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WHAT IS ETHNOCENTRISM?
• The original meaning of ethnocentrism is a belief in the superiority of one’s own group (ethnic group or culture).
• However, it is nowadays normally taken to mean not a belief in the superiority of one's own group but the inability to think outside one’s own cultural experience and a tendency to assume that what happens in our own culture is common to other cultures.
• In research terms this means the psychologists sometimes draw conclusions from the experience of their own culture or group and mistakenly assume it can be generalised to other groups or cultures.
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DESCRIBE TWO PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT ARE ETHNOCENTRIC (8 MARKS)
10 MINUTES
Kohlberg, Gudjohnnson, Rosenhan, Milgram
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IN PAIRS
COMPLETE THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES SLIDES
20 MINUTES
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WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS OF ETHNOCENTRIC RESEARCH?
• Point: Even though findings are mainly Western based, findings have been useful to a range of people.
• Comment: This is a strength because
• Evidence:
• Comment:
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WHAT ARE THE STRENGTHS OF ETHNOCENTRIC RESEARCH?
• Point: Ethnocentric research allows one to test a particular group in more detail and find out why they may behave the way they do.
• Comment: This is a strength because
• Evidence:
• Comment:
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WHAT ARE THE WEAKNESSES OF ETHNOCENTRIC RESEARCH?
• Point: Ethnocentric research does not consider that there may be individual differences within the group itself and not everyone will behave in the same way.
• Comment: This is a weakness because
• Evidence:
• Comment:
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WHAT ARE THE WEAKNESSES OF ETHNOCENTRIC RESEARCH?
• Point: Involves inappropriately generalising the values & research findings of one culture to another without bothering to test other cultures.
• Comment: This is a weakness because
• Evidence:
• Comment:
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IS ETHNOCENTRIC RESEARCH USEFUL?
• Point: Useful because it still generates useful information and can be used as a starting point for one culture and then investigated at a later stage to different cultures.
• Evidence:
• Comment:
• However:
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IS ETHNOCENTRIC RESEARCH USEFUL?
• Point: It is not useful as not all people are the same and does not include the diversity of human experience across different cultures.
• Evidence:
• Comment:
• However:
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• You have 10 mins (12 w/AT)
Discuss how ethnocentrism may be a problem within the social approach. (8)