Practice IB Psychology (First Exam 2027) Topic 4.1 Culture with authentic exam-style questions for both SL and HL students. This question bank focuses on the exact syllabus content for 4.1 Culture and mirrors Paper 1, 2, 3 style where relevant.
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Participants from a non-Western community matched photographs of facial expressions to emotion words using a labelling task developed and validated in the United States. They matched fewer expressions to the 'correct' labels than US participants, and the researcher concluded they were 'worse at recognising emotions'.
Explain one issue that limits the interpretation of the data in this source.
Using the sources, to what extent can we conclude that culture is the main influence on conformity?
A researcher measured acculturative stress and well-being once and concluded that stress reduces well-being over time.
Discuss how the researcher could improve the credibility of the findings in this source.
A researcher compared conformity in two countries but used a different task in each and tested different age groups.
Discuss how the researcher could improve the credibility of the findings in this source.
Table 2 shows, for five countries, the cultural power-distance index and the percentage of employees who said they would openly disagree with a manager. The highest power-distance country had 18% willing to disagree; the lowest had 61%, with the other three falling in between in order.
Analyse the findings in this source and state a conclusion linked to the claim that power distance relates to willingness to question authority.