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intro to social sciences
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Social Studies
12th Grade
09/15/2013

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Term

Identify the Anthropology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Physical

Definition
studies biological evolution and genetic inheritance
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Identiry the Anthropology Theory/School of Thought:

 

cultural

Definition

studies culture, ethnocentrism and cultural aspects of lang and communication

 

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Identiry the Anthropology Theory/School of Thought:

 

archaelogy

Definition
studies prehistory and early history of cultures around the world
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Identify the Anthropology Theory/School of Thought:

 

linguistic

Definition
studies human communication process focusing on the importance of sociological influences
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Identify the Anthropology Theory/School of Thought:

 

structuralism

Definition
school of thought that attempts tp imderstamd cultures based on common properties of the human kind
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Identify the Anthropology Theory/School of Thought:

 

culturalism

Definition
schol of thought attempts to understand cultures through technology and economy
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Identify the Sociology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Stuctural Functionalism

Definition
each society shoul provide its members with thefundamental requirements for functioning
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Identify the Sociology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Neo-Marxism

Definition
key to understanding societies is economic power-society is constantly changing as a result of that struggle for economic power
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Identify the Sociology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Symbolic Interactions

Definition
humans have complex brains and little instinctive behaviour. people can interpret for themselves the stimuli they recieve in daily life and attach their own meaning
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Identify the Sociology Theory/School of Thought:  

 

Feminist Theory

Definition
focuses on sex and gender issues, believing that woman have traditonally been disadvantaged in society because men have discriminated against them
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Identify the Sociology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Liberal Feminism

Definition
that a womans claim for equal rights should been seen in the context of a general opposition to various forms of oppression and discrimination, independently of other political convictions
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Identify the Sociology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Marxism Feminism

Definition
womens unpaid and undervalued domestic work has made it possible for industrial owners to pay lower wages to female workers
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Identify the Sociology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Radical Feminism

Definition
womans natural childbearing roles has led to systematic oppression by men
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Identify the Sociology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Social Feminism

Definition
seperate issues of oppression that are the result of the partriachy which is the result of capitalism
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Identify the Sociology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Inclusionism

Definition
recognizes conflict could take place in a society btwm ethnic, radical and religious groups
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Identify the Psychology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Experimental Psych

Definition
sets up experiments to see how individuals act in particular situations
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Clinical psych

Definition
develops programs for treating individuals suffering mental illnesses
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Identify the Psychology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Behaviourism

Definition
believes that psych's can control human behaviour by identifying factors that motivate it in the first place
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Identify the Psychology Theory/School of Thought:

 

Learning theory

Definition
theorists agree that humans are born with little instinct but much learning potential
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Social Scientist:

 

Muzafer Sherif

Definition
pioneered the robbers cave experiment, which is classic study of prejudice conflict
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Dian Fossey

Definition
lived with gorilla's in order to better understand them
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Karl Marx

Definition
inventor of the communist system (socio)
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Margret Mead

Definition
pioneer in anthro. Proved gender roles are not universal, but formed by cultural history and upbringing.
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Max Webber

Definition
didn't agree with Marxs, i believed human values and beliefs affected how people acted through history.
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Sigmund Freud

Definition
founded psychoanalytic theory. Accused of focusing far too much on sex, with theories of penis envy and oedipal complex
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Alfred Adler

Definition
focused on difficulties people encounter in trying to gain self-esteem.
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Carl Jung

Definition
came up with introvert and extrovert
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Ben Spock

Definition
views on permissive parenting. was first theorist to tell people not to beat their kids
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Pavlov

Definition
demonstrated dogs could be conditioned to act a certain way and same applies to humans
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Alfred Bandura

Definition
hierarchy of needs, showing humans must take care of basic needs before all else.
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BF Skinner

Definition
learning can occour in a stimulus-response fashion. rewards and punishments can guide human behaviour
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Piaget

Definition
theories on childhood development. Believed there were distinct learning stages like 'formal operational'
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Three Characteristics that make us distinctivly human:
Definition
language, agriculture, making of tools and art/music
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Barriers to human communication:
Definition
physical imparments, shyness and slang
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Six universal facial expressions:
Definition

anger

fear

happiness

sadness

suprise

disgust

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Serisonmotor

birth-2

Definition
change from just using your reflexes + insticts. Start to understand goals
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Preoperational

2-7

Definition
understanding of symbols that represent objects in the world
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concrete operational

7-11

Definition

think logically

can't abstract think

less self centered thinking

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formal operation

11-adulthood

Definition

abstract thinking

problem solving skills improved

Term

Girl Missing:

Anthro's view

Definition

family background?

racial background?

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Girl Missing:

Socio View

Definition

was alot of alcohol consumed by people at party?

Signifigance of graduation?

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Girl Missing:

Psych's View

Definition

ineraction with others that night?

hisotory of mental illness?

how does she deal with conflict?

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Cogential Analgesia:
Definition
rare condition can't feel physical pain
Term
Emotionally Intellegent:
Definition
ability to identify, assess and control emotions of self, others and groups
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IQ:
Definition
measure of someones intellegence via test
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Fictive Kinship:
Definition

dscribes the practice of acknowledging kin people who are not biologically related

 

god parents

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ethnography:
Definition
scientific study of human races and culture
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norms:
Definition

rules set out for a certain role thats considered standard behaviour

 

priests are celebate

 

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values:
Definition

something you and/or society holds to be important.

 

 

hardwork

free healthcare

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anthropology:
Definition
study of human kind and cultures around the world and through out time. concerned with biological and cultural aspects
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Psychology:
Definition

study of how and why we do what we do.


studies feelings, thoughts and personality development

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Sociology:
Definition
social science discipline that looks at the development and structure of human society and how it works
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Stanford Prison Experiments:
Definition
Study of psychological effects of roles. Prisoner vs guards
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Milgrim Experiments:
Definition
experiment to see how long a person would inflict pain on another person when told to by someone in authority
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Participant Observation:
Definition
living an participating in a group or small village. trying tobe accepted by members so they can get a better understanding of relationships, cultures, etc.
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Experimental Psych:
Definition
set up experiments to see how individulas act in certain situations
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Clinical Pysch:
Definition
makes programs to treat people with mental illness and disorders
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hierarchy:
Definition
ranking system used in any enviroment based on power and authority
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leakeys:
Definition
discovered first fossiled ape skull that helped with theory that apes are our ancestors
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