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UNIT 1- FOUNDATIONS: THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE
Concepts/Unit Review
SOCIAL CHANGE
1. Define the following terms:
 Social change
 Anthropology
 Psychology
 Sociology
2. What are agents of change and why are they important?
SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
3. Define the following terms:
 Quantitative data
 Qualitative data
 Participant observation
 norms
4. What is culture? What is the main tactic used by anthropologists? Describe it.
5. Compare and contrast acculturation and diffusion. Similarities and differences. Provide
some examples of both processes.
6. Identify the big ideas and main theorist for the following Anthropological Schools of
Thought:
 Cultural Materialism
 Functionalism
7. Explain how social change occurs in psychology.
8. Identify the big ideas and main theorist for the following Psychological Schools of
Thought:
 Learning Theory
 Psychoanalytic Theory
9. What is behaviorism and explain operant conditioning is used to explain behavior?
10. How do sociologists study social change? What tools can sociologists use to determine
how society will change in the future?
11. Identify the big ideas and main theorist for the following Sociological Schools of
Thought:
 Feminism
 Marxism
 Structural Functionalism
12. Compare and contrast microsociology and macrosociology. Similarities and differences.
13. Explain the concepts of cognitive consistence and cognitive dissonance. How do these
concepts apply to adolescent issues?
14. What is a paradigm shift? Provide an example of one that has occurred in your lifetime.
15. Identify the main techniques used by anthropologists, psychologists and sociologist to
study human behavior?
EXTERNAL FACTORS INFLUENCING SOCIAL CHANGE
16. What is ethnocentrism? What is the problem with ethnocentrism?
17. Compare and contrast the predominant values of collectivist and individualistic cultures.
18. How have environmental changes impacted your daily life in high school?
19. How can social networking be used to cause change?
THEORIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE
20. How is the evolutionary theory of change different from the cyclical theory?
21. What are some examples of social statics and social dynamics in Canadian society?
22. How do social institutions create change? And maintain the status quo at the same
time?
23. What would a conflict theorist say about feminist ideology?