HSP3M Exam Review January 2009
Exam Format
Part A – Multiple Choice – scantron – pencil needed (40)
Part B – Matching Theorists (10)
Part C - Short Answer (10)
Part C – Application (30)
Unit 1 – Introduction to the Social Sciences – Chapters 1, 2, 3
1) What are Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology? Define and give examples of questions asked by each social science discipline
2) What was the analysis of each social science in the OC Transpo shooting case?
3) Who are some (5-6) of the key founders of each social science? What are some of their key discoveries?
4) What are the fields of study in Sociology?
5) What are the Schools of Anthropology?
6) What are the Schools of Psychology?
7) What did we learn from watching the clip of “The Gods Must Be Crazy?”
8) What is the main method of cultural Anthropology?
a) What are some examples of studies, key terms, advantages/ disadvantages and ethical issues associated with this method?
9) What are 3 methods of investigation in Psychology?
a) What are some examples of studies, key terms, advantages/ disadvantages and ethical issues associated with these methods?
10) What are 3 methods of investigation in Sociology?
a) What are some examples of studies, key terms, advantages/ disadvantages and ethical issues associated with these methods?
11) What are 5 good rules for reliable research? Why are they important?
12) What problems did you encounter in completing your primary research project? How would you design a study to avoid those issues?
13) How have human beings evolved? Review your notes from the film “Mysteries of Mankind” and the lecture notes on evolution and human origins.
14) Use your Unit 1 test to help you study for the exam
Unit 2 Self and Others – Chapters 4 and 5
4.1 – Our Sense of Self
1) How is our sense of self culturally constructed? Give examples from our own and 2 other cultures (Mixtec, Astrology, etc.)
2) What is the “Looking Glass Self”?
3) What are defense mechanisms?
a) Name 4 defense mechanisms and give an example of each one.
4) What are self-enhancers? Are they healthy? Under what circumstances?
4.2 - Nature/Nurture
1) Explain the essential difference between nature and nurture’s influence on human behaviour.
2) Neither nature nor nurture are complete ways of understanding ourselves. What are some problems with using only one to examine behaviour?
3) Explain the following case studies and state whether each supports nature or nurture and why:
a) David Reimer
b) Orphanage Mysteries
c) Harlow Experiments
d) Checkered Cliff
e) Rat Pups
f) Ferals and Isolates
g) Edith Project
h) Genie
i) Victor of Aveyron
4) Findings from the film “The Origin of Human Aggression”
5) Findings from the film “Wild Child”
4.3 – Mental Illness
1) What is the difference between a neurosis and a psychosis?
2) Are most mental illnesses caused by nature or nurture? Explain giving 3 examples.
3) When do many mental illnesses first appear? Give 3 examples
4) What should you do if you think you or a loved one has a mental illness?
5) What are 4 types of treatments for mental illnesses?
6) Why is it important to be aware and tolerant of mental illness? What is stigma?
4.4 – Gender
1) Explain the experiment which demonstrates how babies are socialized according to gender from birth.
2) What are Fleising and Pavelka’s explanations for why men whistle at women?
3) How do male and female brains work differently? Explain 3 differences – make sure to explain BOTH sides of the difference.
4) What are the differences in how men and women communicate? Give 3 differences. How do these differences contribute to the glass ceiling?
5) What are the gender differences in humour? Do you think this study is valid? Explain.
6) What were the major findings from the film “Tough Guise”? Look for major statistics and important evidence about violence, imagery, minorities, school shootings, sexualized violence, and better men.
7) What were the major findings from the film “The Strength to Resist”? Major studies/findings, and solutions
8) Relate any finding from Tough Guise to a SPECIFIC experience in your own life.
4.5 – Race and Ethnicity
1) What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
2) What is the stage model theory (5 stages)?
3) What is the acculturation theory? (3 types)
4) From the film “By Any Means Necessary” explain
a) Why African Americans say that Afrocentric schools are necessary
b) What are 2 common misconceptions about slavery in Canada?
c) What are reparations and what historical agreement are they based on?
5) What are the advantages and disadvantages of Afrocentric schools?
5 – Socialization
1) Define the following terms:
Primary SocializationSecondary Socialization
Anticipatory Socialization / Resocialization
Socialization
Sapienization / Manifest function
Latent function
2) List 6 agents of socialization and explain their roles. Which ones are important in childhood? In adolescence?
3) What are 4 features of a total institution according to Goffman? Give an example of a total institution.
4) Be able to identify and explain each of the following socialization theories:
a) Freud’s Psychosexual theory
b) Piaget’s Cognitive Development theory
c) Cooley and Mead’s Social Experience theory (Looking Glass)
d) Erikson’s Psychosocial Development Theory
e) Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory
f) Gilligan’s gender based theory
5) Choose 2 characters from the movie “Parenthood” and explain how one of the theories or stages above relates to their experience in the movie.
6) Explain 2 unique features of socialization for women in each of the following cultures:
a) Canadian Sikh
b) Nuer Pastoralist
c) Afghanistan under the Taliban rule
7) Use your Unit 2 test to help you study for the exam
Unit 3 – Social Institutions
1) What are some of the problems, benefits, and issues of the Criminal Justice System?
2) What are some of the problems, benefits and issues of the Family in Canada?
3) What are some of the problems, benefits and issues of Work in Canada?
4) What are some of the major problems, benefits and issues of the Education System?
5) Do you think Canada’s social institutions are successful? Why or why not? Be able to support your opinion with specific examples and statistics
Unit 4 – Groups and Behaviour
1) Why do people join groups?
2) Why did Elaine join the soccer team? Give an explanation from the point of view of each of the three social sciences.
3) Why did the individuals join the basketball team in the video? Give an explanation from the point of view of each of the three social sciences.
4) What is the difference between bureaucratic and non-bureaucratic organizations?
5) What is the point of view of Anthropologists, Psychologists, and Sociologists on bureaucracies?
6) What are some advantages and disadvantages of bureaucracies?
7) What is the collectivist outlook? What is conformity?
8) What was the Milgram experiment? What were its conclusions?
9) What is the Stockholm Syndrome?
10) What are the conclusions of the Human Zoo video about conformity?
11) What was Zimbardo’s prison experiment? What were the results? Was it ethical?
12) Name 3 “killer cults”
a) How do cults recruit members?
b) Who is vulnerable?
c) How do cults destroy individuality? To what purpose?
13) What causes conflict and cohesion in society?
14) How is our society violent? What are the costs of violence? Can a society be non-violent?
15) What is dehumanization and the diffusion of responsibility? Relate to the Kitty Genovese murder.
16) What is the authoritarian personality? How does it develop?
17) What issues do women face in other countries? What social structures are contributing to inequality?
18) Explain how violence may be different in the U.S. and Canada
19) Do violent children feel superior or inferior? What is the evidence? What is the Bobo doll experiment? Is it supported by other evidence?
20) Define altruism and heroism.
21) What qualities do holocaust rescuers have in common?
22) What other factors affect altruism? (race, witnesses, feelings…)
23) What are 2 ways that we can and are improving cohesion in Canada?
Aurore - Summative Project:
1) How would all 3 social scientists analyze the Aurore case study?
2) What can we learn from the Jeffery Baldwin case?
3) Compare and contrast the Baldwin case and the case of Aurore.
4) What can parents learn from these two cases?