Historical and social context

• culture isnt just about geography,it includes subcultures,historical periods
• Using students is often popular to research,but they represent a unique subculture
• historical periods change over time

  Western referred to work based on middle-class female patients in the late 19th century.

  Women born in the mid 1800s saw sec mainly for reproducing but those born later on saw it more positively and linking it to passion and love
• These findings lack temporal validity,findings are outdated

  Not generalisable and valid to todays society
• Bowlbys research is very culturally biased