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The Challenge of Change
1. Outline the steps of the social science Inquiry Model. Be able to apply this model to a case study.
2. What is society?
3. What is social change? Be able to provide an example.
4. Why do social scientists study change?
5. What is social change?
6. What are the ways society (locally and globally) can create change? (7)
7. What is the tipping point? What are the three-criterion involved with this theory?
8. Describe the different research methods used in the social sciences
9. Qualitative v. Quantitative Data
10. The Square Documentary Questions - How does the events in this documentary connect to social change?
11. Be able to define the three different social sciences (Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology) and how they are different from one another. What are some questions each would ask about society?
12. What are the six parts of the critical thinking framework used by the social sciences?
13. What is Culture?
14. Identify and define the different categories of Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology.
15. Define Acculturation and Diffusion - How do we come across these concepts in our society? Explain using examples
16. Schools of Thought (Define, explain the big ideas and theorists work)
a. Anthropology (2)
b. Psychology (2)
c. Sociology (3)
17. What is Cognitive Dissonance Theory?
18. What is the social desirability bias? How may this affect research conducted by social scientists?
19. Microsociology v Macrosociology
20. What is a social paradigm shift? How have you seen a paradigm shift happen in your lifetime?
21. To what extent does the internet have an effect on confirmation bias?
22. What are the external factors influencing change? (5)
23. Theories of change (5)