Hsp3U - Study Notes

Front 1

Define Anthropology:

Back 1

Study of human cultures and how each culture contributes to humanity and society.

Front 2

Define Sociology:

Back 2

Studies members in a specific group or society, and how people organizes themselves within these groups.

Front 3

Define Psychology:

Back 3

Study of human behaviour. Studying how someone reacts under certain circumstances.

(A psychologist examines the mental process.)

Front 4

Socialization:

Back 4

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.

Front 5

3 Agents of Socialization:

Back 5

- Biological/Environmental forces are responsible for a individuals personality

- Biological factors, or factors existing from birth

- Environmental, external conditions and personal experience.

Front 6

Define Nature:

Back 6

things that occur naturally, born with.

Front 7

Define Nurture:

Back 7

personality is determined by experiences.

Front 8

Define Instinct:

Back 8

organized behaviour pattern common to all members of a species.

Front 9

Nature vs. Nurture debate:

Back 9

How much a persons personality comes from innate things, or from experiences. What contributes more to human development?

Front 10

5 factors of personality:

Back 10

- Openness

- Conscientiousness

- Extroversion

- Agreeableness

- Neuroticism

Front 11

Define Openness:

Back 11

inventive, curious vs. cautious, conservative.

Front 12

Define Extroversion:

Back 12

outgoing, energetic vs. shy, withdrawn.

Front 13

Define Agreeableness:

Back 13

friendly, compassionate vs. competitive, outspoken.

Front 14

Define Neuroticism:

Back 14

sensitive, nervous vs. secure, confidant.

Front 15

Albert Bandura's theory on violence and aggression:

Back 15

agression is learned, not innate. We model our behaviour after others.

Front 16

John Dollard's theory on violence and aggression:

Back 16

frustration is the trigger for aggression

Front 17

Define Dehumanization:

Back 17

process by which people come to see each other as little more than simple objects.

Front 18

Participant Observation is?

Back 18

going into a cultures environment.

Front 19

Milgrim and Asch Experiment showed what?

Back 19

people conform in fear of being an outsider or outcast.