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Define Anthropology: |
Study of human cultures and how each culture contributes to humanity and society. |
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Define Sociology: |
Studies members in a specific group or society, and how people organizes themselves within these groups. |
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Define Psychology: |
Study of human behaviour. Studying how someone reacts under certain circumstances. (A psychologist examines the mental process.) |
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Socialization: |
Individuals learn to act in certain ways through social contact, allows members of a society to learn accepted behaviour within a community or a specific culture. |
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3 Agents of Socialization: |
- Biological/Environmental forces are responsible for a individuals personality - Biological factors, or factors existing from birth - Environmental, external conditions and personal experience. |
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Define Nature: |
things that occur naturally, born with. |
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Define Nurture: |
personality is determined by experiences. |
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Define Instinct: |
organized behaviour pattern common to all members of a species. |
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Nature vs. Nurture debate: |
How much a persons personality comes from innate things, or from experiences. What contributes more to human development? |
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5 factors of personality: |
- Openness - Conscientiousness - Extroversion - Agreeableness - Neuroticism |
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Define Openness: |
inventive, curious vs. cautious, conservative. |
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Define Extroversion: |
outgoing, energetic vs. shy, withdrawn. |
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Define Agreeableness: |
friendly, compassionate vs. competitive, outspoken. |
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Define Neuroticism: |
sensitive, nervous vs. secure, confidant. |
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Albert Bandura's theory on violence and aggression: |
agression is learned, not innate. We model our behaviour after others. |
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John Dollard's theory on violence and aggression: |
frustration is the trigger for aggression |
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Define Dehumanization: |
process by which people come to see each other as little more than simple objects. |
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Participant Observation is? |
going into a cultures environment. |
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Milgrim and Asch Experiment showed what? |
people conform in fear of being an outsider or outcast. |