Unit 1 Test Review: HHG4MI
Introduction to Social Science
Methods
Introduction to the Brain
Child Development Theories
A few hints…
• Think GENERALLY
• Follow this study guide and use notes to fill in
the gaps
• Read through mc question – don’t look at
answers – try to guess first to avoid second
guessing yourself!
• Study using the notes from class – study sheets
are ok but might miss something you don’t think
is important!
Life Stages
• What are life stages?
• List and describe stages with approximate
associated ages.
• Why can people debate life stages/ages?
• What are some major milestones of each stage of
life?
• Identify major milestones and which life stage
they belong in (e.g. marriage: usually early/late
adulthood)
Introduction to Social Science
Research
• Who is a social scientist?
• Why do they study people?
• Qualitative vs Quantitative data
▫ Be able to identify if a scenario will produce
qualitative or quantitative data
▫ Ex. Has the childbirth experience for new parents
changed in the last two decades?
• Open-ended vs Closed-ended questions
▫ Be able to identify them if provided examples
Research Process
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Research Question
Hypothesis
Collect Data
Assemble and Analyze Data
Organize Data
Present results and draw conclusions
Reflect/Conclude
Exploring Reliable Sources
(Web Analysis)
• Who writes Wikipedia entries?
• Agree or Disagree that Wikipedia is a reliable
and valid source? (provide 2 pieces of strong
evidence to support answer)
• Fact vs Opinion - identify
Terminology for Researching
• Objectivity: Fact or opinion, objective (not
influenced by personal feelings) or subjective
(based on personal feelings)
Social Science Research: Experiments
• Watched: The Experiment
• Examined: Website for the Stanford Prison
Experiment
▫ Pick out unethical behaviour from experiment
(MC)
• Assignment: The Experiment
• Pick out most appropriate research question (MC)
• What are experiments? What is their purpose?
• What are the pros and cons of experiments?
Ethics
• Moral guidelines a researcher must follow so as
not to create risk to those being researched
• All human research involves risk
• Informed Consent (must be voluntary)
• Do not need to know all guidelines
Unethical Experiments
• Scenario with multiple choice questions…why is
this experiment considered unethical?
Social Science Research: Case Studies
• What is a case study?
▫ Prospective (criteria already established – cases
included as they become available) vs
retrospective (cases chosen according to criteria
from historical cases)
• Jean Piaget: studied development of children
related to logical thinking
• Sigmund Freud: mental illness can be
adjusted using therapy
• What are the pros and cons of case studies?
Social Science Research: Surveys
• Requirement for sample of population
• Pros and cons of surveys/questionnaires
Social Science Research: Interviews
• Qualitative in nature
• Types
▫ Structured
▫ Semi-structured
▫ Unstructured
• Pros and cons
• Ways to conduct interviews
▫ Read questions exactly, follow order given, ask
every question, don’t finish sentences for
interviewee
Social Science Research: Observations
• Babies Video (don’t worry about video)
• Intense watching as it occurs, recorded
anecdotes, undisturbed, no intervention
• Pros and Cons of observations
Research/Course Basic Intro
Terminology
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Human development
Physical development
Cognitive development
Emotional-social development
Lifespan
Ethics
Theories
• What is a theory?
▫ Explanation of events, behaviours, or situations
that make them easier to organize and understand
• Based on…
▫ Years of experimental research, speculation and
patterns, convincing explanations of reality
• Good theories are…
▫ Widely held, stand the test of time, can accurately
predict reality
Child Development Theorists
• Won’t be testing you on this due to large
component of unit 1 project
Brain Anatomy and Physiology
• Be able to:
▫ Identify and label parts of brain
▫ Recognize functions of various parts of brain
• Test: Diagram of brain (label – I will give you
the terms but may be more than you need)
• Test: Matching: Parts with Purpose
• Need to know which part does what for multiple
choice questions
• Weight of human brain?
Sheep’s Brain
• MSDS
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Need to know what it stands for
Why we use them
When they are needed
Meaning of components to MSDS sheet (be able to
identify)
Nerve System
• Online scavenger hunt
• Understand difference between central nervous
system and peripheral nervous system
• Purpose: Nervous System, relation to brain
• Neurons (define) (number in brain)
• Dendrites and axons (define) (differences)
Test Format
• 75 minutes
Total
70 marks
• Part A: True or False [10 marks]
• Part B: Label the diagram [10 marks]
▫ Brain Anatomy/Physiology
• Part C: Matching [10 marks]
▫ Brain Anatomy/Physiology
• Part D: Multiple choice [30 marks]
• Part E: Short Answer [10 marks]
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Choice provided
Complete 2
Full sentences required
5 marks each
Short Answer Hints
Think:
- Social Science
Research
Methods Pros
and Cons
- Lifespan
timeline and
major milestone
events
- 7 steps of
research process
- Reliable
resources and
Wikipedia
- Dendrites and
Axons
• Everyone make up 1 multiple choice or
true/false question and put it up on the
board….who knows…if it is a good one you may
even see it on the test!
• It might also help others with their studying!
Reminder:
• Next time have quizzes throughout unit 1
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Social Science Research Methods
The Brain
Child Development Theories
Nervous System