Intro to Social Sciences

Question 1

Who created the Nature VS Nuture Theory

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Margret Mead

Question 2

What is Nature

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traits that are passed genetically and show’s ones potiential

Question 3

What is Nuture

Answer 3

traits that are passed through one’s enviroment and expeirences, shows one’s developement

Question 4

What was the purpose of Nature versus Nuture Theory

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Mainly used for gender issues that are influecned by mothers

Question 5

What are Nature Characteristics

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IQ, Physical Traits like Height, Attractiveness

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What are Nuture Characteristics

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Beliefs and values, traditions, and habits

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What influence Nature Characteristics

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Genetics

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What influences Nuture Characteristics

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Prenatal health, freidns, family, and country

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Examples of how Nature characteristics can be affected by Nuture

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Height is genetic but ccan also be affected by one’s envireomnt. If they play a lot of sports, andeat healthy and sleep well, they are more likely to grow tall

Question 10

Examples of how Nuture characteristics can be affected by Nature

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Beliefs are influecned by enviroemnt but one’s personaility can be genetic and that can influence beliefs

Question 11

What is Social Science

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Umbrella term for the study of human society and social relationships; study of people and individuals and groups

Question 12

What subtopics are in social science

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Anthropology, Psychology, Socilogy (these are behaviorual sciences)

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How to study human behavior and thought

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Through osbervations and experiment. Required to follow process of inquiry

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What is anthropology

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Study of humans as species.members of different cultures. DIscovers who we are as human beings

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Types of Antrhopology

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Cultural and physical antrhopology

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Macro or micro?

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Macro because it studies a lot of broad specturm

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What does anthropology study?

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Studies human biology, human evolution, cultures and adaptions in humans

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What is Psychology

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Study of human mental processes and behavior. How do indivduals cope with life’s demands and problems

Question 19

Macro or micro?

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Micro because it only studies human mind (specific)

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Types of Psychology

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Theoritical - understand rules and thoeries on humaan behavior (theoryu)

Clincial - applies understanding of mental processesn and overt actions to study emotions to help others with problems (practice)

Both - Draws conclusions on how people behave in social settings

Question 21

What is Socialogy

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Study of:
people in groups and social settings
relatiomships between people
human actions in social settings
learn human pattern in behavrio
puts humans into categories based on human expeirnces
how soeicty shapes thoughts, feelings

Question 22

Micro or macro

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Both because it both studies specific thigns like human patterns and studies human actions in social settings

Question 23

What are factors present in social sceince research?

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1. Objectivity - no personla bias
2. Relavance - findings needs to relate to issue
3. Validity - how accurate method measures what is intended
4. Reliability - consistency in results when repeatly assessed

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What is bias

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Type of writting for/againest an event, group, idea, concept, plan or person

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Saltned languge and evidence

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Langauge that shows positve / negitve side of discussion. Distrots reality, ignores differingPOV

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Exaggeration/High Emtoional Statements

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Uses tonewords and evokes strong emotions

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Name Callings

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Belitting named used to indicate someone is evil

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Linguistic Bias

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Using discrminatory langauge (immigrants desibcred as swarms)

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Stereotyping

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Using statements that indicate all memebrs r same

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Opinion stated as fact

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Use arguemnt to assume an importnat point is truth. OYu need proof to suppot that agurment

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UNreality

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Ignoring existance of prejudice, racism, discrminnation and intergroup conflict

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CAse study

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Observing a person.group of people over a period of time 5-10 people

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Experiment

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Determine how one factor is related to another. Is carefully used ebcause using humans for experiment is unethical.

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Control Groupa

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no change to variable

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Experimental group

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change in variable

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corrleation

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how 2 variables r rleated

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causation

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causing soemthign

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Sampels sruveys

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Obtain lagre amount of infomration from people by asking them to asnwer questions on form. Less quesitons is good. Mutally exclusive (cannot ask them to check age range with 15-20 and 20-25 since 20 appears twice)

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Interviews

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Used when reseearch inquries require infromation from few ppl and loking for explaintions of thought.behavior. Ask perms for recording, 10 quesitons but add on if u wanna. 5-10 people

Question 40

Structured observation

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planning before hand on what will be obsevred/noted

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Types of observation

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Structured observation, and unsturctured observation and participnat observation

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unsturctured observation

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sutyd people without predetermined idea of whats gonna happen

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participnat observation

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put peole in groups and obsevre interactions

Question 43

A hyptohesis should have...

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shoudl state what will be tested, examined or researched

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What is a hyptothesis is

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statement of what you exepct wil happen; subject to verification and teesting

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Why dp u need hyptohesis

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To elimate any unnesscary research ; stay on coruse

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Does it need to prove true

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No, after more resaerch done it can be modified

Question 47

Inquiry Steps

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1. Problem/ Issue 2. Central research question 3. Hypothesis 4. Research Design- choose a method and develop it- ex. Questions for a potential survey/ interview 5. Assemble and Analyze data- how would you likely analyze this data- graphs? Tallies? etc