Soc 101Exam 1 -- Study guide Ch. 1:- What is sociology?- sociological imagination- C. Wright Mills- Emile Durkheim/ Suicide/ types of solidarity- social integration- social facts- origins of sociology as a discipline- social Darwinism/Herbert Spencer- Auguste Comte /positivism - Karl Marx / types of alienation- Max Weber / protestant ethic & capitalism/ verstehen- symbolic interactionism / dramaturgy/ Goffman- functionalism (aka structural functionalism or functional analysis)o manifest & latent functions; dysfunctions- conflict theory- W.E.B. DuBois- Jane Addams- applied sociologyCh. 5: - steps of conducting research- operational definitions of variables- variables- hypothesis- validity- reliability- correlation vs. causation; spurious (cause, effect, and spurious correlations --text)- how to read a table (text)- how not to do research (text)- different research methods- population vs. sample- representative sample- random sample, stratified random sample, snowball sample- importance of wording & ordering of survey questions- response bias- Pager’s experiment (“Mark of a Criminal Record”) (class lecture & text)- ethical issues in sociological researcho what is unethical in sociological research?- Brajuha research (text)- Tuskegee Syphilis Study- Milgram’s obedience to authority study- Zimbardo’s simulated prison study- Laud Humphrey’s study of gay sex in public bathroomsCh. 2:- what is culture?- material vs. nonmaterial/symbolic culture- ethnocentrism- cultural relativism- e.g. female genital cutting- different facets of symbolic culture (gestures, language, values, norms, sanctions) - e.g., Ebonics or African American Vernacular English- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis- prescriptive vs. proscriptive sanctions- norms: folkways vs. mores vs. taboos- subcultures- countercultures- Chicago school vs. Birmingham school approach to studying subcultures- cultural diffusion / cultural lag / cultural leveling- values (clusters, contradictions, clashChapter 4 - Social structures and social institutions [definitions] [what are the institutions?]- Social facts- Social location- Macrosociology [functionalism, conflict theory] vs. Microsociology [Symbolic Interactionism]- Examples of social structures shaping individual behavior: o Zimbardo, “Quiet Rage”o Edin & Kefalas, Promises I Can Keepo Chambliss, Saints & Roughnecks- Components of social structure: culture, social class, social status, roles, groups, social institutions (know each)- Status (occupy a status)o Status seto Master statuso Achieved statuso Ascribed statuso Status Inconsistency- Roles (play a role)o Role conflicto Role straino Role exit- Gemeinschaft and gesellschaft (text)- Stereotypes (text)- Goffman, dramaturgy (text)- Ethnomethodology (text)- Social construction of reality (text)- Total institutions (text)- Functionalism and social institutions; functional requisites:o Replace memberso Socialize new memberso Produce and distribute goods/serviceso Preserve ordero Provide a sense of purpose- Conflict theorists and social institutions: o institutions preserve privilegeFilms:- Split Horn - Quiet Rage- Devil’s Playground- Jesus CampThe above list should give you a general outline of course content. However, please note that youare responsible for all class materials: all lectures, book chapters, films, short videos, & examplescited in class lectures—it’s all fair game.The pre- and post-tests offered by the online text book (Pearson study resources) will be helpful in studying for the
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