Social implications

• Cultural bias has social implications
• Cultural biased studies will produce culturally biased theories
• Cultural bias is an issue when it affects psychological practice
• Cochrane and Sashidharan

  • African-Carribbean origin in the UK 7x more likely than white patients to be diagnosed with Schiz
  • Rate of schiz in Caribbean population not different to UK
• Littlewood + Lipsedge

  • African Caribbean patients prescribed stronger medication than white patients despite symptoms been the same
  • Symptoms interpreted more severe than reality
• Findings results of cultural biased assumptions influencing how people's behaviours are interpreted
• Other cultures judged against norms of white populations