SOC 101 1st EditionFinal Exam Study Guide Lectures: 18 - 22Lecture 18 (November 13)What is Disability Studies?-ADA( Americans with Disability Act passed in 1990-Prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities-Social Model vs Medical Model-Social Model of DisabilitiesLecture 19 (November 18) Film: Lives worth LivingWhat rights did the Disability activists fight for?Consider the idea of the concept that ability and disability are socially constructed?Lecture 20 (November 20)Chapter 21- Collective Behavior and Social MovementsI. Collective behaviorII. Why people engage in collective behavior- Herd mentality-Mackay- Anonymous in crowds- Collective mind-LeBonIII. Social Unrest and circular reaction-ParkIV. Acting crowd-BlumerV. Blumer’s Model of How an Acting crowd Develops ( 5 stages)VI. Emergent norms- Turner and KilianVII.5 different types of participants in a crowd- Ego-involved- Concerned- Insecure- Curious spectators- ExploitersVIII. Prisoner’s Dilemma: a person’s best interest is not usually beneficial to the collective’s best interestIX. Public good-your consumption doesn’t affect other people’s consumption (e.g. education, roads, and libraries etc.)X. Social Movementsa. Challenge authority and power-holdersb. Challenge the cultural beliefs and practicesc. Must be collective, organized, sustained and non-institutionalizedXI. 3 elements of social movement:- Campaigns- repertoire of contention - WUNC display( Worthiness, Unify, Number, Commitment)XII. Proactive vs ReactiveXIII. Prolife and Prochoice are BOTH PROACTIVEXIV. 6 Types of Social Movementsa. Alternativeb. Redemptivec. Reformatived. Transformativee. Transnationalf. MetaformativeXV. Weather UndergroundReasons behind: Declare War on the US government & End the Vietnam WarXVI. Mass Society TheoryXVII. Deprivation TheoryXVIII. Relative Deprivation TheoryXIX. Ideological Commitment TheoryLecture 21 (November 25) Film: Berkley in the Sixties 1. Identify the social movements that are emerging at this time in Berkeley as described in the film.2. Identify their “repertoires of contention” (i.e., methods of protest, such as creating coalitions, holding public meetings, processions, vigils, rallies, demonstrations, petition drives, giving media statements, and pamphleteering, etc.)Lecture 22 (December 2)TA Lecture----will be on the testSocial change and the EnvironmentI. Social changeII. 4 Social RevolutionsIII. Gemeinschaft to GesellschaftIV. Industrial Revolution and CapitalismV. ModernizationVI. Karl MarxVII. Max WeberVIII. Social Movements often reveal the cutting edge of social changeIX. Conflict, Power and Global Politics- Geopolitics- G7 Plus- 4 threats to G7 Plus( conflict within, resurgence of China, Ethnic rivalries and conflicts and Smoldering embers of the Cold War)- The growing relevance of Africaa. Untapped marketsb. AFRICOM (marine unit)X. Theories and Process of Social ChangeA. Evolutionary1. Unilinear- Lewis Morgan- 3 stages: savagery, barbarism, and civilization2. Multilinear3. Cultural progressB. Cyclical Theories1. Arnold Toynbee2. Oswald SpenglerC. Conflict over Power and Resources1. Marx’s Dialectical process of historyXI. Ogburn’s TheoryA. William OgburnB. 3 processes: Invention, Discovery, DiffusionC. Cultural lagD. Evaluation: one-directional and makes humans sound passiveXII. Technology Changes LivesA. What is technology- Tools- Procedures- Skills- It’s the artificial means to extend human abilityB. Technology produce fundamental changes in:- Production- Worker-owned relations- Ideology- Conspicuous consumption- Family Relationships- Marx argued it led to alienationC. AutomobileD. MicrochipE. Perpetuating InequalitiesF. Reduce InequalitiesG. Economic Growth and Environment: Toxic Waste, Energy shortage and RainforestsH. Environmental MovementRead Chapter 21, Chapter 22 and the two
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