Monday, November 26, 2012

DAY 55 Forces of Cultural Change

Today we broke into groups and you did an exercise to define several terms, explain using examples of how they have played a positive or negative role in change in society and you explained how they helped change or hindered it.

Here's the handout - Forces of Cultural Change.


Here's the list of Forces:

1. Worldview
2. Anomie
3. Alienation
4. Conformity
5. Charismatic Leadership
6. Subjective Validity
7. Pluralism
8. Dominant Paradigm
9. Traditional Cultural Values

In your assigned groups you were to do the following with the conditions listed:

  1. Define it in your own words.

  1. Using real world examples, explain how your condition has helped with social change somewhere in the world.  Explain how this has been a positive and/or negative for the people affected.

  3. Using real world examples, explain how your condition has acted as a barrier to social change somewhere in the world. Explain how this has been a positive and/or negative for the people affected.



Thursday, November 22, 2012

DAY 54 Stanford Prison & Turnitin

The first thing to do is create an account in Turnitin.com - that is how I will accept work for this assignment.

Here's the link to Create an Account in Turnitin.

Then look at yesterday's post to access the assignment.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

DAY 53 (Nov 21) Stanford Prison Experiment

Here are some handouts from the past few days, in case you missed 'em!

Subcultures at School Project  &  Subcultures at School Marksheet

Defining Youth (Hippies & Today's Youth)

Generations Chart (Boomers, Gen X, Y & Z)



Today we'll start working on the Stanford Prison Experiment project.  To begin you'll need to watch this video on the Stanley Milgram Obedience to Authority Experiment.

Stanford Prison Experiment Assignment  &  Stanford Prison Experiment Marksheet

There are many Youtube videos on the original Stanford Prison Experiment - check some out.





Wednesday, November 14, 2012

DAY 48 Demographics & Generation X, Y & Z

Today we are having a look at Demographics - the study of populations and trends in populations.

We will follow this up with the following thinking handout:




Generation X, Y, Z & Beyond
Assignments & Discussions

 Assignment 1  -  Demographics
Take a look at the following world demographic trends:
·         Infant Mortality Rates have declined.
·         Fertility has declined.
·         There have been large increases in urbanization.
·         There have been large increases in literacy.
For each of the trends (social changes listed above) answer the questions below.
1.    List one major question that an anthropologist, a psychologist and a sociologist might ask regarding each particular social change.

2.    List the agents of change (what caused the change) and the impediments to change for each.

3.    Predict the possible effects of these changes on individuals, society and Canadian culture.

4.    Outline two appropriate social science research methods for examining each social change.

5.    Explain the challenges (for example, possible bias, ethical concern) that a social scientist would face in examining each social change with the research methods you recommended.


 Discussion 1
 Discussion on Demographics
For the last of the social changes listed above, "There have been large increases in Literacy," be prepared to discuss your answers to the first three questions above and be prepared to comment on the ideas of your classmates.