PSYC 3350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Horse Meat, Emic And Etic, Response Bias
24 Jan 2017
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Rival hypothesis refers to alternative explanations for the observed cultural differences. These differences may not reflect real psychological differences but rather are based on some plausible explanations that account for observable differences: ex: intelligence across cultures. Compare intelligence with canadian college students and south african students. Or it could be due to differences in culture, how intelligence is defined (in canada we define it as ability to do abstract thinking; iq), the access that people have to resources, etc. The way that intelligence is defined differs across cultures: we need to make sure that our findings aren"t due to the rival explanation, you want to reflect real differences (1) different definitions. We need to ensure that the meaning of the test situation is equivalent. If you are for example, a spanish student, their scores will be higher based on the language instrument that they are given (if they get to answer in.
