Potpourri
Psychology
Agents and Impediments
Theories and External Factors of Change
Know Your Theorist
100
It's the discipline most likely to use archaeology. 
What is anthropology?
100

Hello Kitty!  It’s the phenomenon of people failing to intervene in dangerous situations because they feel a diffusion of responsibility. 

What is the bystander effect?
100
Max Weber argued that these figures are important agents of change; think Ghandi or MLK Jr. 
Who are charismatic leaders?
100
It argues that all societies slowly improve over time, and that change is good. 
What is the evolutionary theory of change?
100

Hey kids, play nice!  He demonstrated the dangers of displays of violence for kids.   

Who was Bandura?
200
A famous factory experiment regarding changing working conditions and the effects on productivity produced this well known effect. 
What is the Hawthorne Effect?
200

Tell me about your father.  He was the founder of psychoanalytic theory

Who was Freud?
200
James Scott showed in studying the revolt of rice farmers that these impediments can really limit social change. 
What are traditional cultural values?
200
Also known by this term, the closeness of societies may aid in their social change. 
What is the proximity?
200

He is known as the father of sociology.

Who was Emile Durkheim?
300
This key term ensures social scientists find a way to measure their variable in a way which is valid and reliable. 
What is operationalize?
300

Beam me up!  This was the most famous child behaviourist of the mid 20th century. 

Who was Spock?
300
One impediment to universal and government paid post secondary education for Canadians may be this. 
What is the expense of the change?
300
Like changing seasons, those who adhere to this theory argue that patterns of social change are predictable and in repeatable patterns. 
What is the cyclical theory of social change?
300

He was the founder of cultural materialism, and despite his name, he was not starvin. 

Who was Marvin Harris?
400
This term describes the tendency to believe your culture is superior to others, placing your values on another. 
What is ethnocentrism?
400

His rats learned to work for their dinner by pressing a lever that released food pellets.

Who was Skinner?
400
Both Durkheim and Marx suggested that if enough people feel this condition, they may push for social change. 
What is alienation?
400
Quit Stalin and show us your Marx.  This theory of social change argued for a study of inequalities and opposition groups to best understand social change. 
What is the conflict theory of social change?
400
This psychoanalyst was the heir apparent to Freud, but diverged on the concepts of dream analysis and the collective unconscious. 
Who is Jung?
500
It's the term sociologists use to organize the roles in a given institution according to their power and influence. 
What is hierarchy?
500
Psychologists like Maslow, who give great agency and individual purpose to humans, are known as this. 
What are humanists?
500
You read that pressures to do this may come in the form of informational influence and normative influence.
What is conformity?
500
British historian Alfred Toynbee advocated this perspective on social change, which suggested that a society's ability to withstand the forces of destruction determined its success. 
What is the Challenge and Response theory of social change?
500
He argued that technology is the most important external factor in understanding social change. 
Who is William Ogburn?
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