Hsb4ui – Advanced Exam Review

HSB4UI – Advanced Exam Review

For each of the terms listed, try to come up with a 1-3 sentence definition of each person, place or term. Try answering the practice questions in point form; you only need to know the “jist” of them so once you’re confident you know what they are, move on.

NOTE: This review only covers the last ¼ of the course so make sure you review the first part as well!
Collective Behavior - Terms

Robert Park	Gustav Le Bon	Expressive Crowd	Conventional Crowd	Contagion Theory
Casual Crowd	Herbert Blumer	Convergence Theory	Active Crowd	Emergent Norm Theory
Social Unrest	Exciting Event	Milling	Object of Attention	Collective Agreement / Action

Practice Questions:

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  Explain in your own words the following theories:
  

1. 
   Contagion Theory B) Convergence Theory
   

C) Emergent Norm Theory

• 
  Identify the Five Stages of Blumers “Acting Crowd.” Based on what we discussed in class what were examples of some of these stages?
  

• 
  Give an example of one of the following:
  

1. 
   Expressive Crowd B) Casual Crowd C) Conventional Crowd
   

D) Active Crowd
Types of Collective Behavior - Terms

Riot	Mob	Fad	Urban Legend	Psychogenic Illness
Rumour	Mass Hysteria	Moral Panic	Panic

Practice Questions:

• 
  What is the difference between a Mob and a Riot?
  

• 
  Give one example of each of the following:
  

1. 
   Psychogenic Illness B) Mass Hysteria C)Moral Panic
   
2. 
   Panic
   

• 
  What are two characteristics of Urban Legends as we have discussed in class?
  

Bystander Effect / Diffusion of Responsibility - Terms

Diffusion of Responsibility	Bystander Effect	Kitty Genovese	Wang Yue	Good Samaritan Laws
Sergio Aguiar	Duty to Rescue Laws

Practice Questions:

• 
  According to researchers, what factors cause people to act the way they do while being influenced by the Bystander Effect?
  
• 
  In two sentences or less, what happened to each of the following people?
  

1. 
   Segio Aguiar B) Hugo Alfredo Tale Yax C) Kitty Genovese
   
2. 
   Wang Yue
   

Racism and Discrimination - Terms

Xenophobia	Genocide	State Sanctioned Racism	Evolutionary / Biological Racism	John Dollar
Frustration and Scapegoats	“Other Race Effect”	Theodore Ardono	Personality-Based Racism	Affirmative Action

Practice Questions:

• 
  How did Dollar determine that racism is linked to frustration? Why do people typically target minorities when they are frustrated?
  
• 
  What types of policies on racism did the following societies practice?
  

1. 
   England C. 1600 B) South Africa C) Nazi Germany
   
2. 
   United States C. 1990’s
   

• 
  What characteristics are typically associated with racism according to Theodore Ardono?
  
• 
  What is the “Other Race Effect?” Give an example as we discussed in class.
  

Bioethics – Terms:

Bioethics	Senescence	Primary Care Ethics	Surrogate Mother	Organ Donation
Regenerative Medicine	Artificial Insemination	Theseus Paradox	Genetic Engineering	Organ Harvesting

Practice Questions:

• 
  What is the central problem with how society deals with Bioethics?
  
• 
  Why are some people opposed to artificial insemination?
  
• 
  What are some issues with Surrogate Mothers
  
• 
  What is different between Canada’s system of organ donation versus that of Spain?
  
• 
  What is the Theseus Paradox?
  
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  What are some possible problems with immortality
  
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  What are some ethical questions that go along with organ donation and organ harvesting?