Emic worldview is the perspective of an insider or native. Etic worldview is the perspective of an outsider.

Professer kin etic

electromagn etic wave

the founder of the "etic" approach

An etic construct is a theoretical idea that is assumed to apply in all cultural groups. An emic construct is one that

applies only in one cultural group. Cultural bias can occur if a researcher assumes that an emic construct is actually

etic. This results in an imposed etic, where a culture-specific idea is wrongly imposed on another culture.