notion c+c exam Flashcards
social science disciplines
- geography
- demographics
- language
- economics
social science question
- how people are shaped and made
physical science disciplines
- physics
- chemistry
- astronomy and earth science
- bio
physical science question
- how was the earth created
- how was life created
what are the points of psychology
- personal attitudes, beliefs, and personality
- perception and understanding
- interpretation of situation
what is sociology
the study of how human societies develop and function
points of sociology
- functioning of social groups
- social problems and conflicts
- social interactions
what are the points of anthropology
- societies
- cultures
- evolution
- ecology
strengths of social science
- find data to justify an issue
- triangulation
- use of multiple ways
- methods can be mixed
- helps to solve issues
- give different alternative futures
weaknesses of social science
- bias
- confirmation bias
- misconception
- some methods are difficult to carry out
- participants can lie
social change
refers to any in which social organizations are altered or transformed
aspects of social change that are studied by social scientists
- causes of change
- theories that help to explain social change
- impacts of change on society
probability vs. non-probability
probability sampling is likely to produce more reliable data than non-probability sampling is
scopes of change
- slow
- gradual
- incremental
- revolutionary
key techniques of graffiti artist
- tag
- throw up
- piece
- burner
- production
things to consider in graffiti
- imagery
- style
- text
talking about social change is
talking about changing cultural values
socialization
norms, values, and other aspects of culture introduced to new group members
forces + barriers
- physical environmental
- isolation and contact
- attitudes and values
- technological values
- population changes
- social structure
weakness of conflict perspective
it assumes all social change is driven by competition and conflict
UN founded
1945, post wwii
members of the un (past + pres.)
51 and 193
weaknesses of the UN
- dictatorship
- funding
- undemocracy
- bloated
- defining its role
- competition
- to big
- lack assertive leadership
- power 5 power mongering
strengths of the UN
- creating programs and reconstruction
- different perspectives
- fight for reform
UN role
- maintain international peace and security
- promote economic and social development
- to promote human rights
UN goals
- 17 sustainable development goals
strengths of demographic stats
- justifies the need for change
- comparison of new data and old data
weaknesses of demographics
- self-reported
- bias
- method
- sampling
- low response rate
- poorly designed surveys
- time, only from that point in time
two types of descriptive stats
- measures of central tendency and measures of variability
