Personality Development
Explain the argument of Nature versus Nurture.
Which affects your personality more? The way you're born or the way you are raised.
The age your brain is fully developed.
What is 25?
The age one must be to be considered a part of the Labor Force.
What is 16 years old?
The founder of sociology
Who is August Comte.
The combination of behavior, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are the characteristics of an individual.
What is Personality?
- Only form of interaction between genders prior to WWI
- Took place in the parlor of the woman's house
-Less about having fun, more about finding a suitable spouse
What is Courting?
Define "Unemployment"
What is the situation that occurs when a person does not have a job but is actively seeking employment?
Explain the difference in QUANTITATIVE and QUALITATIVE data.
Quantitative is Numerical
Qualitative is Descriptive
Name the THREE Theories of Self Development.
DAILY DOUBLE! Place your bet and wait for instructions!
Clean Slate- everyone can write their own story
Looking Glass-Self: we develop an image of ourselves based on how we think other people see us
Role-Taking: taking or pretending to take on the role of the other in an effort to achieve what other expect of us
The emotional center of the brain
What is the Amygdala?
The study of the process of aging.
What is Gerontology?
Provide an example of an ascribed status.
being born into poverty
being born with blue eyes
A break with past experiences and the learning of new values and norms.
-Ex. Going to Prison, Communist Government
What is Resocialization?
What THREE factors give kids a childhood?
Education(Middle Schools/Junior Highs)
Child Labor Laws
Juvenile Justice System
Requirements of a Profession.
What are:
Specialized Skills
Knowledge acquired through formal education?
Who created Social Darwinism?
Daily Double! Make your bet and wait for instructions!
Herbert Spencer
Daily Double: The concept that certain groups of people are created for success and some aren't.
The FIVE things that affect Personality Development.
What are: Heredity, Instinct, Birth Order, Parental charecteristics, Cultural Environment
The FOUR developing parts of the brain.
What are the Cerebellum, Amygdala, Corpus Callosum, Prefrontal Cortex
Name TWO of the THREE negative possibilities of Aging.
What is:
Decline in activity, strength and muscle
Dementia
Alzhimer's
Provide an example of the following sanctions:
Positive Formal
Negative Informal
Negative Formal
What is:
-Getting a raise at work/good grades
- Receiving a nasty look
- Getting a write-up