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  • 16 June 2024
    John Crane
    Kulkofsky et al (2011)
    Dear AmyI wouldn't really choose this study, just because it is not as easy to describe as, say, a study of enculturation.  The ethics question would be to DIscuss ethical considerations in the study of culture and behaviour (or something...
  • 16 June 2024
    John Crane
    Paper 1: mock sample 1
    Dear DenisYou are correct.  It may very well earn a 9.  I guess I just know that so many examiners are hesitant to award full marks, so I fell into that trap with my own student.  I will amend it.
  • 16 June 2024
    John Crane
    Maguire (2000)
    Dear DenisIn Maguire's original study, she writes, "In humans, as in other animals, the posterior hippocampus seems to be preferentially involved when previ- ously learned spatial information is used, whereas the anterior hippocampal region...
  • 16 June 2024
    John Crane
    Bandura (1961)
    The rubric would be applied as follows.  If the question is Explain enculturation with reference to one study, they would earn up to five marks for an explanation of enculturation, which could include a link to SCT.  However, the...