HSP3M Unit 1 What should I study?

What are the Social Sciences?

• The scientific discipline involving the organized study of people and their activities and relationships; aims to understand human society, culture, actions, attitudes, and behaviour; uses a research inquiry model

What are the Social Sciences?

• Anthropology – the study or the origin, the behaviour, the physical, social, and cultural development of humans

What are the Social Sciences?

• Sociology – the study of human social behaviour and the institutions and organizations that form society

What are the Social Sciences?

• Psychology – the study of mental processes and human behaviour

Quantitative vs. Qualitative • Quantitative • Numbers • Measurable • Uses statistical inference • WHAT, WHERE, WHEN • Qualitative • Relies on reason • Smaller and more focused samples • WHY and HOW

The Montreal Assault • See text for specific details

The Montreal Assault An

anthropologist

would ask: • How did the environment influence the decisions of the people involved? • What violent experiences had there been in this community?

• Could cultural factors have influenced decisions?

The Montreal Assault A

psychologist

would ask: • Why did people not call for help? • Why did they obey their supervisor?

• What factors led the girl to this location?

The Montreal Assault A

sociologist

would ask: • What factors influenced the decisions of the supervisor, the employees who did not respond, and the employee who did make the 911 call?

• What were the ethnic or cultural backgrounds of the employees, supervisor, and girl? • Were there any factors, such as gender, race, age, or economic status, that might have influenced the assumptions of the supervisor and employees?