IMPOSED ETIC

• WHAT IS AN IMPOSED ETIC?

  when one imposes their own cultural understanding on the rest of the world
• WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE OF AN IMPOSED ETIC IN PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH?

  ethnocentric views lead to researchers imposing their understanding of the world when interpreting the behaviour of others
• EXAMPLE OF THE IMPOSED ETIC?

  Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg

  • used an etic approach
  • imposed Ainsworth's understanding of attachment types to other cultures
  • causing differences to be viewed as more negative