Download Grade 11 Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology

Grade 11 Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology & Sociology (HSP3M)
Unit 1
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Unit One: Self & Others Test Review
1. What is the purpose of social science?
2. Explain each of the three main disciplines of social science and how their focus of
studies are different.
3. Explain the difference between physical and cultural anthropology.
4. What are the different fields of psychology. List and describe them.
5. Explain how each of the following answers the question “What Makes us Human?”
a) Anthropology
b) Psychology
c) Sociology
6. Create a timeline with a brief explanation about each of the anthropologists who have
contributed to the study of evolution.
7. What is the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning?
8. What does it mean when a psychologists talks about a person’s cognition?
9. According to Sigmund Freud, how is personality developed?
10. Provide three examples of culture and describe them.
11. According to anthropologists, how is human language different from other species?
12. How is body language important to the communication process?
13. Explain the steps that young children take when learning how to acquire and
manipulate language. Is this process the same for adults? Why or why not?
14. What is the difference between the learning theory and the innate acquisition theory?
15. Explain the linguistic relativity theory and provide examples.
16. Provide examples of how language is such an important element of culture.
17. Explain the difference between behavioural and acclimation adjustments.
18. Describe the nature versus nurture debate.
19. List and explain Piaget’s stages of cognitive development theory.
20. List the four main agents of socialization and how they impact people.
21. What is a rite of passage and why do humans still practice them?