Key Idea: The same behaviour looks different through different lenses — body, mind, world — and through whose eyes you use (insider vs outsider).
Topic 1.5 at a glance
- Levels of analysis — Biological (body), cognitive (mind), sociocultural (world) — complementary.
- Cultural perspective — Culture is a lens; beware ethnocentrism (judging by your own standards).
- Emic vs etic — Emic = inside meaning; etic = outside comparison.
Levels · Culture · Emic/Etic
IB-style questionExplain[4 marks]
Explain a behaviour such as overeating from two different perspectives.
🔒 Model answer plan
See the mark-by-mark plan — for / against / judgement, with marking guidance — in study mode.
Three perspectives? Biological, cognitive, sociocultural — each sees a different part.
What is ethnocentrism? Judging another culture by your own culture's standards.
Emic vs etic? Emic studies from inside; etic compares from outside.
'Explain from two perspectives' means two different levels (body/mind/world), each with its own explanation — not two biological points.