Final Exam Review - June 2012

							                       HSP 3MI - INTRO TO ASP
          FINAL EXAM REVIEW (15% of your final mark in this course)
                             2 hour Exam

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING -                      (60 questions)
     Part A: True/False
     Part B: Matching
     Part C: Multiple Choice

THINKING AND INQUIRY -                        (4 questions)
      Part E: Identify and State Significance
      Short Answer

APPLICATION -
      Part F: Short Answer                        (4 questions)

Please note that while this list is extensive, it is not exhaustive. You are responsible
for everything we have studied this semester. Your exam is cumulative with an
emphasis on Unit #4 (Conformity and Deviancy). A one page (one side) cheat sheet
is allowed but it must be completed IN CLASS during exam prep days. Under no
circumstances will you be able to take this cheat sheet home to work on it.

Unit #1 Anthropology
 What is Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology? What types of questions would
   each of the 3 disciplines be concerned with?
 Leading Anthropologists and their major contributions - Darwin, Fossey, the
   Leakey's, Goodall, Benedict, Mead, de Lamarck, Dart, Galdikas, Johanson, Chomsky
 Physical vs. Cultural anthropology
 Darwin vs. deLamarck’s theories of evolution
 Key dig sites and their discoveries (Olduvai Gorge, Laetoli, Kebara Cave, Box Grove,
   Lucy, Laetoli footprints, Selam)
 What characteristics do humans share with other primates (ie. opposable thumb)
 What characteristics are unique to humans (ie. innate bipedalism)?
 Bunobo chimps vs. Goodall chimps vs. Thai Chimps
 Ethnocentrism (Hitler vs. Vanier)
 Real Face of Jesus (Why is the traditional or commonly held image of Jesus flawed?)

Unit #2 Psychology
 Leading Psychologists and their major contributions - Freud, Pavlov, Skinner, Piaget,
   Erikson, Harlow, Bandura, Maslow)
 What is psychoanalysis?
 Freud – ID, Ego, Superego
 What is learning?
 Kinds of learning - operant conditioning vs. classical conditioning, observational
   learning, insight/latent learning
   Sensation vs. perception(steps)
   Memory - short vs. long-term
   Innate vs. learned behaviour
   Chomsky vs. Lunnenberg (critical period)
   Genie the Wild Child
   Ways to help improve learning - ie. feedback, mnemonic device, motivation, learning
    transfer
   What are defense mechanisms? - Types (fantasy, sour grapes, regression, denial,
    rationalization, repression)
   Neuroses - Hysterical reaction, obsessive compulsive etc. vs.
   Psychoses - Psychopathic personality, manic depression, organic etc.
   Sybil – Why was she mentally ill? What was her illness? Symptoms, Defense
    Mechanisms used, personalities created?

Unit #3: Sociology
 What do we learn from socialization? (ie. norms, mores, taboos, folkways, roles,
   status, sanctions)
 Agents of socialization - family, school, peer group, culture, media, work. What is
   the most important agent of socialization? Why?
 Theories of Socialization (ie. Freud (Psychosexual theory), Cooley (Looking-glass
   self), Herbert-Mead (Role Playing), Kohlberg (Moral Development), Weber
   (Symbolic Interactionism), Durkheim (Structural Functionalism), Marx (Conflict),
   Becker (Labelling Theory), Bandura (Situational Theory), Veblen (Conspicuous
   Consumption))
 Name and describe the various types of families in society today (ie. nuclear,
   extended etc.)
 4 parenting styles
 Universal Functions of the Family
 What is personality?
 What affects the development of personality? ie. Environmental factors/variables.
 nature vs. nurture (Margaret Mead)
 How do parents, schools, and the media perpetuate gender roles?
 Baby X, Killing Us Softly, Sexism in the Schoolhouse, Culture Influences Gender
   Roles
 Bowling for Columbine – 2 main arguments regarding violence in the U.S.
 How does Gerbner define heavy viewers and light viewers?
 What values does TV cultivate according to Gerbner (ie. violence, gender roles etc.)
 Gerbner’s theory of television violence
 Rowell Huesmann’s theory of television violence
 Techniques used in advertising ie. Bandwagon, Plain Folks etc.
 Drives used to sell products ie. status, sex, poignancy etc.
 What drives or emotions do advertisers believe sell best?
 Consuming Kids
 Breakfast Club
Unit #4: Group Behaviour, Conformity and Deviancy
                              (remember this unit will be emphasized on the exam)
 What is a crowd? Types of crowds - acting, expressive, casual
 Mob (smart mob) vs. Riot
 Bystander Apathy/Diffusion of Responsibility – where is this most common, why
   does it occur?
 Factors affecting conformity (why do people conform?)
 Piliavin Experiment (subway experiment)
 in-groups vs. out-groups (Robbers Cave experiment)
 Groupthink
 Chameleon effect
 Asch, Zimbardo, Milgrim (both original and current version), Dr. Phil experiments,
   Milgram Subway Experiment, Breaching experiments - purpose, conclusions, factors
   affecting conformity, links to the Holocaust
 Deviancy vs. Conformity
 Theories - Possible Causes of Deviancy (Merton, Sutherland, Marx, Culture Conflict,
   Biological, Cultural Transmission, Labelling, Psychological Reasons - Freud)
 White Collar crime
 Youth Crime – stats, who? why? on the rise?