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Challenge and Change in Society
Midterm Review
Unit One: An Introduction to Challenge and Change
Information is coming from the Prologue (pages 2 – 26)
Topics/Content to Know:
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Conducting Social Science Research
o Inquiry model
o Flash mobs/robs
Understanding Social Change
o Gladwell: rules of social epidemics
o Egyptian Revolution
Three social sciences and social change
o Anthropology – culture, diffusion, acculturation, rites of passage, etc.
 Schools of thought – Functionalism and Cultural Materialism
o Psychology – individual beliefs, experiences, mental state, etc.
 Schools of thought – Learning Theory and Psychoanalytic Theory
o Sociology - social groups, roles, norms, sanctions, occupation, etc.
 Durkheim, Marx, Weber
 Schools of thought – Feminist, functionalist, Marxism
Microsociology (cognitive consistency) & Macrosociology (paradigm shifts)
External factors influencing Change – physical environment; population changes; proximity; social
environment, culture and social values; technology
Theories of Change – evolutionary, cyclical, challenge and response, conflict, functionalist
Conformity, Obedience, Deviance and Alienation Powerpoint
o Video - “The Human Behaviour Experiments” - Milgram, Zimbardo, et. al.
Review questions:
Questions 1 – 10, 13 &14 on pages 26 – 27
Unit Two: Challenge and Change Close to Home
Information is coming from Chapters 1 and 2 of the textbook (pages 32 – 88).
Topics/Content to know:
Origins of Adolescence
 Hall – Storm and Stress
 Elkind – Adolescent Egocentrism
 “Surviving :) The Teenage Brain” Documentary
Socialization
 Agents of Socialization
 Davis – Socialized Anxiety
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Theories of Adolescent Development
 Spranger – Dominant Values
 Hollingworth – Gradual Change
 Lewin – Field Theory
 Schools of Thought – Functionalism, Conflict, Feminist, Symbolic Interactionism, Exchange
Generational Theories
 Mannheim – Fresh Contacts
 Strauss-Howe – Generational Theory
 Generational Replacement
 Millennial Article
Adolescent Development
 Cognitive – Piaget
 Psychosocial – Erikson
 Moral – Kohlberg and Gilligan
Trends and Challenges
 Demographics
 Sexualiztion
 “Girls Gone Raunch” article
 Helicopter Parenting
 Delayed transitions
Challenges to Social Relationships
 Festinger – Social Comparison Theory
 Maslow – Hierarchy of Needs
 Sherif – In-Groups and Out-Groups
 Deviance – Merton’s Social Strain Typology
Review Questions:
Questions #2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 18 from pages 56 – 57
Questons #1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 16, 19 from pages 86 - 87
Midterm Exam Breakdown:
April 9th, 2015
Part A: Multiple Choice (20)
Part B: Matching (20)
Part C: Identify and Explain (10)
Part D: Short Answer (15)
April 10th, 2015
Part E: Essay Questions (30)
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