What shapes a perspective at Higher Level: Same influences as SL. At HL, ask which influence weighs most for each person, and why that view is hard to shift.
Practise this as you read
- Rank the influences on one person.
- Spot which influence an argument leans on.
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Ana did not start life caring about mangroves, and Luca did not start life worrying about jobs. Their surroundings shaped them.
People around you
- Culture (sociocultural norms): fishing runs in Ana's family
- Religion: care for creation
- Experience (lived experience): Luca's year without work
Facts and rules
- Science (scientific understanding): young fish shelter in the roots
- Law: coastal protection rules
What is happening
- Money (economic conditions): hotel wages
- Events (local and global): a local storm, a global report on rising seas
Same bay, different weights: Everyone in Coral Bay feels these influences. How much each one weighs is what differs.
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Each influence has an exam term. Use it in your answers.
| Influence | Exam term | What it means | In Coral Bay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture | sociocultural norms | what the people around you treat as normal | fishing runs in Ana's family |
| Religion | religion | beliefs about what is sacred or right | caring for creation means protecting the bay |
| Experience | lived experience | what has happened to you | Luca's year without work |
| Science | scientific understanding | what research and evidence show | young fish shelter in the mangrove roots |
| Law | laws | rules about what is allowed | coastal protection rules |
| Money | economic conditions | income, jobs and prices | hotel wages |
| Events | local and global events | things happening nearby or worldwide | a local storm; a global report on rising seas |
Weigh them: Name the influence from the detail, then say how much it weighs for that person: Luca's wages outweigh the science for him.
Knowing someone's side is not the same as knowing their reasons.
Perspective
- Where someone stands.
- Ana: the mangroves matter more than a resort.
Argument
- The reasons offered for a stand, or against another.
- Ana: young fish grow up in the roots, and the trees break storm waves.
In your answers: Half an answer: Ana opposes the resort.
Full answer: Ana opposes the resort, because the mangroves shelter the young fish she later catches.