Historical & Social Context

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  • Historical and social context should also be considered when addressing the issue of cultural bias
  • Culture isn’t only based on geography
  • It also includes subcultures like students, delinquents, or nurses, who share common customs and belief
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  • Different historical periods can also be seen as distinct cultures
  • For example, Bettelheim's theory ‘the refrigerator mother’,which suggests a child has autism because their mother was coldand uncaring towards them
  • However, the theory was createdover 60 years ago, when autism was dealt with very differently to modern day, which focuses more on emotional well-being
  • This could lead to misjudgments about standards in the 1940s