Intro to the Social Sciences - Gr 11 - Sociology

The Bystander Effect

Dunbar’s Theory

Collective behaviour

Types of crowds

1. Conventional crowd

2. Casual crowd

3. Expressive crowd

4. Acting crowd

5. Riots

6. Mobs

Conventional crowd

Casual crowd

Expressive crowd

Acting crowd

Mobs

Riots

Social belonging and the groups we belong to

Stockholm Syndrome

Asch Experiment

Milgram Obedience Experiment

Zimbardo Experiment

Groupthink

Conformity

Hofling Obedience Experiment

Milgram’s Subway Experiment

Tajfel’s Experiment

Social Norms (and why it’s necessary)

Deviance

Alienation - causes

Youth Gangs - explanations

Aggression and Violence

Social Institutions (what they are, why we have them/their importance, specific questions on religion and education)

Prejudice and what causes it (theory)

Discrimination and what causes it (theory)

Jane Elliot’s Experiment

Social Identity Theory

Contact Hypothesis - what is it, why it works