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What type of individuals were over-represented in the rural sample?
Insecure-resistant
individuals
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What did van Izendoorn and Kroonenberg find regarding cultural variation?
More variation
within
cultures than
between
cultures
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Why should caution be exercised when using the term 'cultural variations'?
Individual
samples
may not represent cultures
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What does the presence of different subcultures within a country imply for childcare practices?
Childcare practices may
vary
significantly
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What was the setting of the study that found similar distributions of attachment types to the Western sample?
Tokyo
(an urban setting)
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What was the main finding of the study conducted in Tokyo regarding attachment types?
Similar distributions to
Western
attachment types
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What does the study in Tokyo suggest about urban settings and attachment types?
Urban settings may reflect
Western
attachment distributions
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What is a key issue in cross-cultural research?
Validity
of the tools used
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How do observational methods like the Strange Situation relate to cultural assumptions?
They reflect the
designer's
cultural beliefs
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What does the Strange Situation assume about secure attachment?
Willingness to explore
indicates secure attachment
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How does traditional Japanese culture view secure attachment differently from Western culture?
Dependence
is seen as secure attachment
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How might Japanese children appear in the Strange Situation according to Western criteria?
They may seem
insecurely attached
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What does the discrepancy in attachment perception imply for the Strange Situation's validity?
It may lack validity in
other cultures
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What is the cultural bias in the design of the Strange Situation?
It was designed by an
American
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What did Rothbaum et al. (2000) argue about attachment research methods?
They are not relevant to
other cultures
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What aspect of attachment theory did Rothbaum et al. find culturally rooted?
The theory itself is rooted in
American culture
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Which two cultures did Rothbaum et al. particularly contrast in their study?
American
(Western) and
Japanese
culture
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How does the continuity hypothesis differ between American and Japanese cultures?
It does
not
have the same
meaning
in
both
cultures
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Who proposed that securely attached infants develop into competent children and adults?
Bowlby
and
Ainsworth
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How is competence defined in American culture according to Bowlby and Ainsworth?
Individuation
, exploration, and independence
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What does competence represent in Japanese culture?
Inhibition of
emotional expression
and group
orientation
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How do American and Japanese cultures differ in their views on emotional expression?
Americans
encourage
emotional expression, Japanese
inhibit
it
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What is the primary focus of competence in American culture?
Self-orientation
and independence
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What is the primary focus of competence in Japanese culture?
Group orientation
and
emotional inhibition
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