Research and Inquiry Skills Quiz

Part A: Multiple Choice

• Review unit tests and study guide for multiple choice questions on Research and Inquiry Skills, Social Change, Social Patterns and Trends, and Global Social Challenges.

Part B: Matching

• Match the following theories with their definitions: Structural Functionalism, Cultural Materialism, Marx's Conflict Theory, White's Cultural Evolution Theory, Weber's Conflict Theory, Merton's Strain Theory, Control Theory, New International Division of Labour Theory, Differential Association Theory, Bandura's Observational Learning Theory.

Part C: Extended Answer (Unit 1: Social Change)

• Choose two factors (social environment, physical environment, population changes, proximity to other countries, technology) and explore their influence on significant social change throughout history or in contemporary society using specific examples.

• For each factor, explain how it shaped change in detail, and the implications for future social change.

Part D: Using Key Terms (Unit 2: Social Patterns and Trends)

• Define and explain the relationship to social patterns and trends for five of these terms: demographics, immigration, refugee, media, conformity, observational modelling, deviance, likely offenders, hate crime, baby boom, restorative justice.

Part E: Short Answer (Unit 3: Global Social Challenges)

• Question 1: Define globalization and its influence on developing countries' labor practices, including examples of benefits and challenges for workers.

• Question 2: Discuss climate change's effects on vulnerable societies, with specific examples.

• Question 3: Explain causes of world poverty, using the Haitian case study, and suggest a development project approach to address poverty in low-development countries.

Unit 1: Social Change

• Sept. 3: Social change is the subject matter.

• Sept. 4: The Inquiry Model for social scientists includes primary and secondary research, participant-observation, surveys, and interviews. Research questions and hypotheses are important skills to develop.

• Sept. 5: Reading journal articles: understand the general idea and specific details.

• Sept. 9: Social change can be like a social epidemic with a tipping point as illustrated by Gladwell’s rules for social epidemics.

• Sept. 10: Social sciences study change to better understand society. Theories in change include Cultural Materialism, Structural-functionalism, and Conflict theory.

• Sept. 11: Factors like social environment, physical environment, population changes, proximity to other countries, and technology have a substantial influence on culture and society.

• Sept. 12: Social stratification (class, status, power) and inequality impact social change as displayed by Occupy Wall Street.

• Sept. 13: Technology significantly affects change, as exemplified by the Arab Spring and the Freedom Convoy.

• Sept. 16: Critically evaluate sources using the "Three R's" (recent, reliable, relevant).

• Sept. 17-18: The physical environment influences social change, as explored in the Amazon Road Decision Stakeholder Analysis.

• Sept. 19: Technology’s impact is discussed using Evolutionary Theory, White’s Cultural Evolution Theory, and Toffler’s Wave Theory.

• Sept. 23: Specific examples of new technologies and their impacts are key concepts to review.

Unit 2: Social Patterns and Trends

• Oct. 16: Canada's aging population trend is observed and its effect on society is discussed.

• Oct. 17: Immigration trends in Canada include economic, family, and refugee immigrants, as well as settlement patterns. The effects are important to study.

• Oct. 18: The refugee crisis is explored with a case study of 4.1 Miles and the reasons why people are leaving countries.

• Oct. 21-22: Canada's refugee situation and immigration myths are major points of study.

• Oct. 24: Media influence on trends is a central concept studied with reference to conformity and observational modelling and experiments by Asch and Bandura.

• Oct. 28: Social media as a catalyst for change is explored.

• Oct. 29-31: Social deviance (bad, odd, admired behaviours) as well as cybercrime and swatting are detailed. Strain Theory, Control Theory, and Differential Association Theory as theories of deviance are key concepts.

• Nov. 1, 4: The influence of media violence is covered, requiring review of relevant course material.

• Nov. 5-12: Crime trends in Canada include likely offenders, hate crime, and restorative justice.

• Nov. 13: The criminal justice system, including police, courts, corrections, and restorative justice, are important concepts in social patterns and trends.

Unit 3: Global Social Challenges

• Nov. 27: World poverty including development, developed/developing countries, and the Human Development Index are key concepts.

• Nov. 28: Exploring the causes of poverty using the Haitian case study

• Nov. 29: Poverty in Canada with examples of marginalized groups such as disabled, single-parent, Indigenous and racialized families to focus on.

• Dec. 4-5: International efforts to reduce poverty are examined by considering criteria of development projects. Case studies like Dominion Farms, and IDRC projects are key examples.

• Dec. 6: Globalization, including Export Processing Zones (EPZs), and the New International Division of Labour Theory are examined, with the Congo tantalum mining case study as an example.

• Dec. 9-10: Globalization's impact on labor practices (including sweatshops and multinational corporations ) is an important concept.

• Dec. 12: Child labor, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are central topics.

• Dec. 13: Climate migrants, climate change, and the Dhaka case study are explored.

• Dec. 16: The link between conflict and climate change, including the Climate Change Vulnerability Index, is important to understand.