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Psychology – cross cultural variations
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Friday, 01 October 2004 Psychology - cross cultural variations Cross cultural variations: the ways that different groups of people vary in terms of their social practices and the effects these practices have on development and behaviour. Description: Van Ijzendoorn & kroogenberg (1988) were 'armchair researchers' and carried out a meta-analysis of thirty-two studies in eight different countries and researched what percentage had a certain type of attachment from the strange situation. They wanted to find out if there were intracultural differences. Findings: They found that Great Britain had the highest percentage of securely attached people (75%), Israel has the highest percentage of resistant attached people (..) and West Germany had the highest percentage of avoidant attached people(..) Conclusions: They found that secure attachment is the 'norm' - it is the most common form of attachment. Van & Kroogenberg explained the effects of mass media which spread ideas about parenting so that children all over...
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