Etic Plus Emic Versus Pseudoetic
@article{Triandis1983EticPE, title={Etic Plus Emic Versus Pseudoetic}, author={Harry C. Triandis and Gerardo Mar{\'i}n}, journal={Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology}, year={1983}, volume={14}, pages={489 - 500} }
A basic assumption of cross-cultural psychology, that instruments made in one culture and applied to another culture would not be as useful as instruments made in each of the cultures in which they are to be used, was tested with samples of "Mainstream" and Hispanic naval recruits. Some subjects (62 Mainstream and 60 Hispanic recruits) responded to a role differential that consisted of 30 roles judged on 20 behavior scales taken from a previous study of American and Greek role perceptions; 54…
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