Big Ideas & Questions
Social science is best described as the disciplined understanding of what?
Human Behaviour
Anthropology is the study of human beings as a species and as members of what?
Members of different cultures.
Sociology is the study of people in what?
Groups
Psychology is the study of human mental processes and what?
behavior
Understanding why people conform and obey people in positions of authority is best examined by which discipline?
Sociology
In social science, what does the word “discipline” mean?
A field of study that involves research, data collection, and analysis
What are the two main branches of anthropology mentioned in the notes?
Sociology looks at individuals in a group setting in order to detect what?
General patterns of human behaviour.[
Psychology is mostly concerned with why the __________ behaves in a certain way. (Fill in the blank.)
individual
Understanding the cultural and religious significance of bat and bar mitzvahs in the Jewish culture is best examined by which discipline ?
Anthropologists
What do social scientists do with their research in order to help society?
They apply it to help solve complex social problems
In this course, “culture” is defined as the shared what of a group of people (name at least two of the four elements)?
Values, beliefs, behaviours, and material objects (any two or more of these)
Sociology asks: “Why do __________ in this group act the way they do?” (Fill in the blank.)
people
What key research method do psychologists use to test whether one variable causes another?
Experiments (to determine whether one variable causes another).
Understanding why a person's brain is not fully developed until the age 25 is best examined by ?
Psychologists
Social scientists are mainly concerned with what two aspects of human behaviour?
What people think and how they act
If a group thinks and acts in similar ways, what are they considered to be part of?
A culture
Name two common research methods used in sociology from the list in your notes.
Any two of: questionnaires, surveys, historical analysis, participant observation, experimental research
Besides experiments, name one other research method psychologists commonly use from your notes.
Any one of: surveys, questionnaires, interviews
Studying the human brain in relation to other species and understanding how it evolved to be more complex than any other creature is best examined by which discipline?
anthropology
According to the notes, human behaviour includes anything humans do that is what two things?
Name two common research methods used in anthropology from the list in your notes.
Any two of: questionnaires, interviews, participant observation, analyzing historical documents
True or False: our class is a social group
True
Understanding why an individual is afraid of heights is best examined by psychologists. Why?
It is rooted in the individuals fear and conditioning
Black Lives Matter is an international activist campaign that was founded in 2013 by a group of like minded people who campaign against violence and systemic racism towards the Black community. Its impact and intent is best examined by which discipline?
Sociology