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HSP3M Unit 1

HSP3M Unit 1. What should I study?. What are the Social Sciences?. Anthropology – the study or the origin, the behaviour, the physical, social, and cultural development of humans. What are the Social Sciences?.

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HSP3M Unit 1

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  1. HSP3M Unit 1 What should I study?

  2. What are the Social Sciences? • Anthropology – the study or the origin, the behaviour, the physical, social, and cultural development of humans

  3. What are the Social Sciences? • Sociology – the study of human social behaviour and the institutions and organizations that form society

  4. What are the Social Sciences? • Psychology – the study of mental processes and human behaviour

  5. Quantitative Numbers Measurable Uses statistical inference WHAT, WHERE, WHEN Qualitative Relies on reason Smaller and more focused samples WHY and HOW Quantitative vs. Qualitative

  6. The Incident at OC Transpo • Pierre Lebrun/Charles Whitman • Unpopular/Loner • Anger management problems • Low self-esteem • No meaningful relationships with women • Paranoid/delusional • Social outcast

  7. Functionalism • Functionalism • Society works in a logical manner and protects the interests of its members • Society is best studied as an organic system like the human body

  8. Egoistic suicide resulted from too little social integration. Those individuals who were not sufficiently bound to social groups were left with little social support or guidance, and therefore more likely to take their own life Altruistic suicide was the result of too much social integration. Self sacrifice was the defining trait, where individuals were so integrated into social groups that they lost sight of their individuality and became willing to sacrifice themselves to the group's interests. Suicide

  9. Altruistic or Egoistic? In 1963 Buddhist monk Thich Quang Doc burned himself to death during a protest against South Vietnam President Diem.

  10. Altruistic or Egoistic? Heaven's Gate was a religious cult led by Marshall Applewhite who convinced 39 followers to commit suicide so their souls could ride on a spaceship hidden behind a comet.

  11. Conflict Theory • Karl Marx • Study the social patterns and structures that develop as classes compete for scarce resources • Power/Conflict • Revolution not Evolution

  12. Symbolic Interactionism • Max Weber argued that we act towards people and things on the basis of the meaning we assign them.

  13. Independent Invention is the process of separate cultures simultaneously innovating to find the same solution to a problem Cultural Diffusion is the spread of ideas and innovations independent of migration Cultural Change

  14. Independent Invention? • In 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev published the first effective version of the periodic table of elements, unaware that five years earlier John Newlands had proposed an identical table.

  15. 3 Schools of Anthropology • Functionalism • Founder: Alfred Radcliffe-Brown • Institutions are the key to maintaining the global social order • Fails to consider the effects of historical changes on society

  16. 3 Schools of Anthropology • Structuralism • Founder: Bronislaw Malinowski • Culture functions to meet the needs of individuals rather than society as a whole

  17. 3 Schools of Anthropology • Cultural Materialism • Founder: Marvin Harris • Breaks culture down into 3 divisions • Culture is created to solve the universal problems societies face

  18. Ethical Research • Napolean Chagnon • Yanomamo: The Fierce People • Is extreme violence among the Yanomami a cultural adaptation or a genetic difference?

  19. 3 Schools of Psychology • Psychoanalysis • Developed by Freud to probe the unconscious mind and treat patients anxieties and phobias

  20. 3 Schools of Psychology • Behaviorism • Focuses on studying observable behavior • Edward Lee Thorndike • Law of Effect • Applied to curriculum

  21. 3 Schools of Psychology • Cognitive Psychology • Studies how people perceive their environment, learn and remember

  22. Aversion Therapy • Controversial • Exposes patient to a stimulus while subjecting them to a form of discomfort • Stimulus = Unpleasant sensation

  23. Desensitization • Treatment of phobias • Repeatedly evoking an emotional response in a “safe” environment so that anxiety becomes irrelevant

  24. Introvert • Tend to be quiet • Low-key, deliberate, • Gain energy when performing solitary activities • Enjoy intense one-on-one social interactions

  25. Extrovert • Tend to be energetic when surrounded by people • Enthusiastic/Talkative/Assertive • Tom Cruise is a Jackass • “I’m in love!”

  26. What do I study? • Everything! • Key concepts (Understand them! Do not memorize them.) • All your notes and assigned readings. • Hall of Fames • Social Science Skills and Methods • Ethics

  27. Format • 20 Mix and Match Terms • 20 Multiple Choice • 14 Questions a Social Scientist would ask • Conflict Theory/Symbolic Interactionism/ Functionalism handout • Short Answer

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