social sciences
social sciences
social sciences
THEORY OF ADOLESCENCE
SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
100
the shared symbols, values, beliefs, and behaviours of most members of a particular society
What is culture (anthropology)
100
can be described as behaviours, by individuals or groups, that violate popular social norms and cultural and moral standards
What is deviance
100
What is the 5 External Factors Affecting Social Change
proximity, physical environment, population changes, technology, social values
100
The belief that the problems of society is the result of trying to meet the physical/psychological needs of its members
What is functionalism (anthro)
200
the spread of a cultural trait from one society to another through social contact
What is diffusion
200
Every society faces challenges passed by internal and external forces aimed at its destruction. successfully responding to such challenges is the measure of a great society
What is the challenge and response theory
200
The primary feature of adolescent behaviour is the immaturity of the thinking process, is egocentrism characterized by heightened self-awareness and self consciousness teens tend to believe that others are as interested in them as they are. “imaginary audience” to describe the idea, held by teens, that a captive audience is watching their every move.
What is Elkind’s Theory of Adolescent Egocentrism
200
patterns of social inequity are based on gender
What is feminism (socio)
300
results from prolonged contact between two cultures during which symbols, beliefs, and customs are interchanged, meaning there are changes to both groups
What is acculturation
300
This theory is rooted in the idea that a society is at the mercy of a cycle and it will eventually die off once it reaches a certain level of power, on account of the natural
What is cyclical theory of change
300
results from prolonged contact between two cultures during which symbols, beliefs, and customs are interchanged, meaning there are changes to both groups
What is acculturation
300
There are 3 basic levels of moral development, children internalize the moral standards and beliefs at each stage and they fully internalize their morals through their young adulthood.
What is moral development
300
the idea that the conditions/economic activities of a physical material determines how the ideologies of a culture develop
What is cultural materialism (anthro)
400
WHO understands that they are dependent upon their research subjects and informants, to learn information about the culture. ~ there ethical guidelines reflect that the safety and dignity on the research participants must always be protected.
What is anthropologists
400
refers to the transformation of a person’s attitudes,beliefs, and behaviours and the effect of these transformations on the whole group or society.
What is psychologists
400
WHO IS concerned with weighing the overall benefit to society vs. harm to participants ~ conducting research in a anti-discriminatory way is very important. ~ sociological assumptions cannot be presented as truth ~ they acknowledge that biases are inevitable ~ behaving respectfully towards research subjects are very important
What is SOCIOLOGY
400
to make sense of the world, children and adolescents create mental ideas or schemas, that we pour our life experiences into until adulthood. he believes that adolescence represents the turning point in the individual's development. The adolescent develops the ability to think more abstractly (form theories, values and attitudes).
What is piaget cognitive development
400
the examination of the systems and structures that govern society to assess how the needs of its individuals are being met
What is structural functionalism (socio)
500
The theory believes that institutions play an important role in maintaining social order and stability.
What is the functionalist theory of change
500
this perspective focuses on the conflict that exists between those with power and those without, in particular the conflict between the rich and the poor has emphasized on how this conflict may lead to major change in the form of revolution, those without power will eventually join forces and rise up against an oppressive society
What is the conflict theory of change
500
WHO studies interactions and conflicts within groups to determine how society functions. ~ they examine the previous conditions that originally made a change, usually through statistical data
What is sociologists
500
focuses on the emotional development among teenagers. He believed that teens regularly exhibited contradictory tendencies in terms of emotion, values, and behaviors, marked as a natural part of adolescence.
What is storm and stress theory
500
economic production and material wealth constitute real power in society and are in the basis for most relationships in society
What is marxism (socio)
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