The Social and Cultural World
Is marriage an example of change or continuity?
Continuity
This Amazonian bullet ant ritual helps WHO transition into WHAT stage of life?
Boys to men/adolescence to young adulthood
Taboo
This concept refers to the socially constructed differences between males and females.
Gender
What does PIP stand for?
The knowledge that is made available to everyone is known as what?
Public knowledge
What is the name of the custom where Amish teenagers explore temptations of modern world?
Rumspringa
Hand gestures, facial expressions and body language are all examples of what?
Non-verbal communication
This concept refers to the knowledge gained from reflecting on individual experiences.
Personal experiences
A participants response that is long and that contains reasoning, opinions and thought process - quantitative or qualitative?
Qualitative
What was the name of the psychologist that conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Zimbardo
In Three Identical Strangers, what was the study conducted to examine?
Difference in parenting styles and how this affected development
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the Australian abbreviation for derelict?
Dero
Globalisation (process of integration and sharing between countries) is what type of concept? Fundamental, additional or related?
Additional
"Do you agree with having boys only/girls only classes in Year 7-9? Yes or no?" Is an example of what type of question?
Closed-ended question
Finding out basic statistics from a lot of people is what type of questioning?
Quantitative
What is the name of the Australian author, athlete and motivational speaker that featured in Embrace?
Turia Pitt
If someone is from an Arab country, there are from a ______ context culture?
High
Persistence of cultural elements in a society is called what?
Continuity
This research method is usually distributed electronically or in the mail and contains both quant and qualitative questions.
Questionnaire
Matty Shield's incorporated two types of dance into his Australia's Got Talent audition... what were they? (need both types of dance to receive the full $500)
Pole dancing and Aboriginal dancing
Maslow established what social theory?
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is an esky known as in New Zealand?
Chilly bin
Established ways of acting or cultural practices that are unique to groups in a society are called what?
Customs
This research method is essentially a conversation between two people, with open-ended questions and is qualitative in nature.
Interview
How long did the Stanford Prison Experiment last for?
Six days (it was planned for two weeks, however he terminated it after six days)
The process by which individuals learn to become functioning members of society by internalising the roles, norms and values of that society is called what?
Socialisation
This related depth concepts refers to when members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviours of another group.
Acculturation
The three different levels of society that determine the closeness of an individual to a social interaction are called what? (need all three to get the full $300)
Micro, meso and macro
This research method is used by market researchers to discover tastes or preferences of various groups of people. It generates discussion of thoughts, feeling and opinions of a handful of people.
Focus group
Name one person from the macro world.
Example responses: Prime Minister, people from the government, celebrities (media), people from the law
The nature versus nurture debate refers to the formation of what?
Identity
Possible answers: China or Taiwan.
Name the five fundamental concepts.
Persons, culture, time, environment and society.
Research conducted by the research at the time of the project is called what?
A socially created aspect of social life is called a what?
Social construct
Name the theorists who developed Generational Theory (describes a recurring cycle of age cohorts called 'generations' with specific patterns of behaviour that regarded as intertwined with the history of the United States of America)
Howe and Strauss
In what country is a thumb up gesture (e.g when hitching a ride) considered offensive (as if someone is putting up the middle finger)?
Israel
The attitude, usually negative, that involves preconceived ideas and stereotyped beliefs held towards a whole group or its individual members.
Prejudice
This research methodology is where the researcher is immersed and joins in the actions and his or her role as researcher is not obvious.
Name one American State where the Amish are largely based.
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana
A social or cultural group within a broader culture. Members of this group share beliefs, social cultural interests, and patterns of behaviour that tend to unify them and distinguish them from the broader culture in which they live.
Subculture
If you eat everything on your plate in China, India or Afghanistan, what will happen?
Your plate will be refilled
When individuals lose self-awareness and self-restraint when acting within a group that allows more anonymity. This concept occurs when individuals feel less responsible for their actions and will do things in the group that they wouldn't normally do.
De-individualisation
Content analysis
A group that refers to a category of people who experience relative disadvantage as compared to members of a dominant social group is called a what?
Minority
In Piaget's Cognitive Development theory, what is the name of the stage in which adolescence takes place?
Formal operational stage
List the related measurements to these four measurements of Proxemics: Intimate, Personal, Social and Public.
Intimate (2 fists away)
Personal (1 handshake away)
Social (2 arm lengths away)
Public (over 3.6 away)
The synthesis of one's personal experience with public knowledge at the micro, meso and macro levels of society is called the development of what?
Social and cultural literacy
A perspective that is distinctly different from your own is called a what? Provide an example. (full $1000 for correct response and an example)
Cross cultural perspective
Possible examples: religion, ethnicity, location, SES, gender, generation