Sociology – 4/22/2016

I.  Bellwork

• Baby’s Palate And Food Memories Shaped Before Birth
  • Four Square

II.  Objective:

• Determine central ideas and analyze their development, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text
• Reflect upon the impact nature and nurture have on human development and the creation of one’s “self”.
• Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media in order to address the issue of sociobiology.

III. Turn in Genie Questions

IV.  Project:

A.  My Personality Collage (Due Friday, April 29). (27 Summative points)

• Use Elements from the 4 factors of personal development
• Create a collage of at least 12 symbols, pictures, people, and words which can be used to define your personality (12 points)
• Eye pleasing/easy to see and read (6 points)
• Paper listing the items all the items included in the collage which also categorizes them in one of the 4 factors of personal development. (6 points)
• All categories have at least 3 items in them (3 points)

V.  Classwork

A.  Page 94 1-4 Q&A

B.  OF Ants and Men https://www.pbs.org/program/eo-wilson/   Start @ 45:m

1. Explain sociobiology.
2. Explain why were people opposed to Wilson’s ideas on sociobiology?
3. What point did E.O. Wilson want to make with sociobiology?
4. What question does E.O. Wilson believe has not been answered?
5. Define altruism.
6. On what did Wilson base his theory of group selection?
7. Explain the idea behind group selection.
8. Why was group selection such a controversial theory?

 

Sociology W2016