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Etic and Emic To Cultural
CULTURAL
ETIC AND EMIC
ETIC EMIC
Accounts description and explanations used to understand a culture in its cultural context.
It is an attempt to learn the concepts of a culture and see the world the way they do.
LIMITATION OF EMIC
It is problem focused and comes up with solution that can be applied to directly to the being
studied .
The results are confirmed by the participants, so we can know that the interpretations of the
research do reflect the realities the of the culture.
Instruments may not be highly reliable, or information may not yet be available
about the reliability of the instrument within that culture.
ETIC APPROACHES
They decided what to study and how to analyze it before arriving in the field.
They applied and compared their research findings globally with the assumption that there
was some commonality of behaviour among all cultures.
They analyesd behaviour using established theories and data collection methods from their
culture or from mainstream psychology.
Typically employed in cross – cultural psychology where behaviours are compared across
cultures.
LIMITATION OF ETIC
The research is often replicable – allowing researchers to establish the reliability of the findings.
Findings may actually have global applications which could improve the situation for many people.
The imposed etic – that is, a sense of ethnocentrism that biases the researcher toward what is “correct or
normal behaviour. It makes the researcher blind to important differences and why they exist.
The researchers adopt instruments for assessment rather than adapting or developing new ones that have
meaning for the participants.
Instruments include tests, questionnaires diagnostic tools and treatments for disorders.