HSB 4UI
Social Science and Change:
Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology
Malcolm Gladwell’s Three Rules for Social Epidemics
Rites of Passage
Dahl
Cognitive Dissonance
External forces that influence change:
Physical environment, population changes, proximity, social environment, technology
Alienation and conformity
Stanford Prison Experiment, Milgram Obedience Experiment
9/11 and the three social sciences
Theories of Change
Evolutionary, Cyclical, Challenge and Response, Functionalist, Conflict Theories of
Change
Review Questions: p. 26-27 Que. #1 - 5, 7, 10, 13, 14
Socialization and Development
Origins of Adolescence – Hall, Elkind
Socialization – Agents of Soc’n, Social Groups, Culture, Davis
Theories of Adolescent Development – Spranger, Hollingworth, Lewin
Generational Theories – Manheim, Strauss-Howe, Gen. Replacement
Adolescent Development – Piaget, Kohlberg, Erikson, Gilligan
Challenges to Teen Development – Festinger, Maslow, Sherif
Deviance – Merton’s Social Strain Typology
Technology
Social Challenges
Review Questions: p. 56 & 57 Que # 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 14, 18; p. 86 – 87 Que. # 2, 3, 6,
9, 10, 19, 20
Demographics
Money and Power – Marx and Gramcsi
Internal Drives – Durkheim and Freud
The Social Construction of Ideas – Ideal Types, Rationalization, Feminism, Positivism
Trends in Canadian Society – Economy, Media, Politics, Health and Beauty (Covered in
Seminars)
Review questions: p. 120-121 Que. #1 – 6, 8, 11, 15; p. 150-151 Que. # 1 – 7, 9 –
12, 17
The impact of science and technology on society (Powerpoint)
Health, medicine and modern tech (Seminar)
The impact of technology (Seminar)
Communication (Seminar)
The Changing Canadian Landscape (Seminar)
Socializing and Technology (Seminar)

HSB 4UI
Evolving Tech and Unimagined Outcomes (Seminar)
Dahl
An Agent of Social Change (Powerpoint)
Social Change Theory (Powerpoint)
Technological Determinism (Powerpoint)
Coping with Technological Change (Powerpoint)
Negative side effects, keeping pace with technology, over dependence on technology
(Powerpoint)
Alvin Toffler’s Theory of Future Shock (Powerpoint)
Review Questions: p. 242 Que #1 – 5, 8, 10, 11; p. 270 Que. #1 – 5, 8 – 11, 14
Social Stratification and Economic Inequality
Social Stratification
Income Gap
Absolute and Relative Poverty, Measuring Poverty
Social Problems Associated with Poverty – Work, Crime, Substance Abuse, etc.
Theoretical explanations – Marx and Weber, Functionalist, Symbolic Interactionist
Class System in Canada
Ascription and Inequality
Origins of Race/Cycle of Discrimination
Moving Towards Social Justice
Review Questions: p 182 Que. #1 – 6, 9, 10
Part A – Multiple Choice (50)
Part B – Identify and Explain (8)
Part C – Matching (20)
Part D – Quotes (6)
Part E – Essay (25)
Total: /109
PART D: Essay Question
Answer the following question on the foolscap provided. (25 marks)
The goal of this course has been to understand the development and impacts of individual and social change. For the last question, your task is to explore one significant change in Canadian history. This change can be an event, a process, an invention, a social movement, a law, etc.
Your Task:
Choose a social change that you feel has had a significant impact on Canada. Using the social science concepts and theories that we have studied this semester, explain what factors led to this change, how it has impacted Canadian individuals and society, and how you think it will continue to impact Canadians into the future.
To receive full marks for this question, you must draw on the theories, concepts and information that we have learned in class. It must be organized into a coherent five paragraph essay that includes an introduction, discussion and conclusion. Please double space your essay and write as neatly as possible so I do not miss any of your brilliant ideas. Spelling, grammar and sentence structure will count as a part of the marks assigned for each separate section.
Outline:
Introduction
 Explain the social change, provide background information, identify what theories will be used to explain social change, identify thesis statement
Discussion
 Comprised of three main arguments (in three distinct paragraphs) addressing the points stated above. Use the Point-Proof-Explanation model to structure your paragraphs.
 Draws on specific theories and concepts learned in class to support thesis and justify answers.
 You must use at least two theories or concepts discussed in class in addressing each of the points above (6 in total).
Conclusion
 Summarize discussion, resolve thesis, and signify the importance of the change to Canada.