AO3

• Representative sample: why is this a strength and how

  Van ijzendoorn + k; had a large sample of almost 1990 children + their parent; this large sample from a no. of varying countries leads to a wider + more representative sample of differing cultures + people within them. This grants the research greater external validity and internal validity as it reduces the impact of anomalous results, thus allowing for greater generalisability
• Indigenious psychologists removing potential issues

  Another strength is that the Meta-a consisted of many indigenous psychologists + they included researchers native to country e.g gottesman for german research + takahasi for Japan. This reduces potential issues faced by cross-cultural research as no language/cultural misunderstandings + greater understanding of child-rearing p's. Thus allowing for greater accuracy and generalisability
• Imposed etic due to method of ss (think GERMANY VS UK - REUNION BEHAVIOURS)

  Limitation has been proposed due to imposed etic in methodology of SS, as it does not take into account cultural variations, for example, in UK or USA a lack of reaction at reunion behaviours would suggest insecure-avoidant, however in Germany, this behaviour would be interpreted as independence rather than insecurity, thus suggesting that the SS methodology may not be representative when applied to differing cultures