Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Society & Social Interaction

Someone mentioned in class one semester that they were afraid they might check back on the Blog and see a picture of my grandpa! Well, here's a challenge. I've been doing family genealogy over the past 10 years and the person you see here is my 3rd great grandfather. His name was Leonard "Yankee" Wilson and he was born 07 Oct 1813 in Schodack, Rensselaer, New York and died 02 Feb 1889 in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. He was a merchant.

Next class we'll be discussing the different types of societies throughout human history from hunting/gathering to postindustrial, and the revolutions that caused the transitions to the next type of society.

So the challenge is: What type of Society did Leonard live in? Your options are
1) Hunting/Gathering, 2) Pastoral/Horticultural, 3) Agricultural, 4) Industrial, or 5) Postindustrial.

Your homework for this week is to review the following links:

  1. Asch Conformity Experiment video
  2. Video: Milgram Experiment, Then and Now 
  3. Harlow's Monkey study 
  4. Social Conformity; please stand up

If you have questions prior to the exam please email me. Be sure to use the practice exams inside Canvas (PDFs) or in the back of your textbook, the chapter quizzes after each chapter, and the Tischler companion website link found on this page.