Study Guide: Intro to Social Sciences Anthropology: * How culture contributes to the make-up of humanity * Science of people (origin‚ classification‚ distribution‚ races‚ physical character‚ culture) * Emphasis on cultural relativity‚ in-depth examination of context and cross-cultural comparisons * Anthropologists: Ruth Benedict‚ Margaret Mead * Both quantitative and qualitative methods of research * Fields: Biological/physical anthropology‚ Sociocultural anthropology‚ archaeology
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main key goals is Social Studies and select one goal and discuss how you would use it in the teaching Social Studies. According to the (National Council for the Social Studies‚ USA‚ 1993 & 1994) Social Studies is define as the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Social studies also contribute to effective development of the learner by increasing personal and social awareness‚ and placing emphasis on values as well as on social and interpersonal
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Social Studies Test Critique This test is a version of my Chapter 4: Early Civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere (World History) exam. “Version 2” is considered the advanced version for my students who excel in Social Studies‚ and need to be challenged a little more. This version has an additional matching section. I feel like this Social Studies test I have created is a good fit for my Special Needs students. It features various styles including multiple choice‚ fill-in-the-blanks
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decisions such as career choice because it could have a great impact on an individual. In the article “Spirituality and Religiosity: Their Effects on Undergraduate Social Work Career Choice” a study is done to analyze this influence between different groups of people and if R/S is a main motivator in career choice (specifically social work) or if there are other factors that have a greater influence than R/S. The two samples in
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Adult Learning and Learning Styles When one thinks about education thoughts are naturally turned toward adolescents. In today’s society the media is quick to expose flaws in the educational system. One rarely thinks about the educational needs of adults‚ but for many adults there is a large need for continuing their education. One might venture to ask the question what is adult learning? According to Malcolm Knowles adult learning is a process of self-directed inquiry (Urological Nursing‚ 2006)
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Classic Study in Social Psychology Erica Mariscal Vigil PSYCH/620 Diana Wheatley 04/14/14 Classic Study in Social Psychology The bystander effect is associated with the phenomenon‚ which states that when a larger amount of people are present‚ the less likely people are to help a person in need of assistance. When an emergency occurs‚ people are more likely to help when there are little or no other people. A summary about this study as well as an explanation of the results and
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Business: ABC Learning Ltd was an Australian provider of early child hood education services‚ founded in Queensland in 1988‚ that through its 18 centres was the largest single operator of early childhood education services in Australia by 1997. Led by founder Eddy Groves‚ ABC Learning Ltd continued to grow‚ through the opening of new centres and the acquisitions of rivals i.e. peppercorn Childcare in 2004 in which 450 centres were purchased for $340 million. “By 2008‚ ABC Learning was the largest
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Social Competence – Case Study Case 1 –playing computer games The frequency of playing computer games is inversely proportional to social competence. The people‚ who are addicted to computer games‚ lack of social competence. Nowadays‚ the children love to sit in front of the computer and play computer games. It gives children little time to interact with the other people so that they learn few social skills. It affects their relationship with their friends and parents. Also‚ some
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Examination (PSLE) this year. His school made a referral and would like me to see Zhang Jie. I am a social worker in a community-based agency providing school-based social work. Zhang Jie’s teachers observed that for the past three months‚ Zhang Jie’s enthusiasm and concentration in class has declined. His grades too were affected. Zhang Jie expressed that he was feeling stress. He is stress with his studies as he is taking his PSLE this year; which is a major milestone examination. He feels the pressure
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How racial prejudice (toward African Americans) has changed since the 1940’s 4. Describe the research by Clark and Clark 5. Cross cultural study from 27 countries on gender 6. Social Dominance Orientation- Characteristics‚ career choice/social dominance 7. Altmeyer’s research on social dominance 8. Church membership and prejudice 9. Pettigrew’s study in South Africa- Who was the most prejudiced? 10. Theories of Aggression 11. Types of aggression-hostile and instrumental 12. Frustration-aggression
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