Paper3 Issues And Debates

Question 1

Ethnocentrism

Answer 1

Researchers think their own culture is superior

Question 2

Imposed etic

Answer 2

Researchers cultural norms are assumed to be applicable to all cultures
Looks at universality

Question 3

Imposed emic

Answer 3

Culturally specific ideas wrongly imposed on another culture

Question 4

Universality

Answer 4

Behaviour applied to all regardless differences of gender, culture etc

Question 5

Cultural relativism

Answer 5

Behaviour cannot be judged properly unless views in context of where it originates from

Question 6

Cultural bias

Answer 6

Judgment of people in terms of someone’s cultural beliefs

Question 7

Nature vs nurture

Answer 7

Biological debate if behaviour is influenced biologically or environmentally

Question 8

Nativism

Answer 8

Mind possessing innate ideas at birth
Unaware of dna concept (nat)

Question 9

Empiricism

Answer 9

Knowledge comes from experience
Tabula rasa (blank slate)
(Nurt)

Question 10

Interactionism

Answer 10

Genes interact with environment
(Epigenic modification)