IB Psychology HL 2.3.6 Enculturation Questions

Refer to the paper 1 section B assessment criteria when awarding marks.

The command term "discuss" requires candidates to offer a considered review of one or more studies investigating enculturation.

Enculturation is the process by which people learn the necessary and appropriate skills and norms in the context of their culture.

Relevant studies may include, but are not limited to:
- Fagot et al.'s (1974) and Sroufe et al.'s (1993) studies on enculturation of gender roles
- Odden and Rochat's (2004) study on enculturation of fishing, household chores and the hierarchical system in Samoa
- Greenfield's (2006) study on enculturation of weaving techniques
- Demorest et al.'s (2008) study investigating the influence of enculturation on musical memory
- Kearins's (1981) study on enculturation of different memory strategies
- Keller et al.'s (2008) study on verbal interaction of German and Cameroonian mothers with their infants.

Critical discussion of the study/studies may include, but is not limited to:
- implications of the findings
- assumptions and biases
- areas of uncertainty
- demand characteristics
- extraneous and confounding variables
- ethical considerations
- issues of validity (internal, ecological, population, construct) or credibility
- sampling technique
- generalizability/transferability of findings.