Soc 220 Exam One Study Guide Exam Structure 70 True False Questions This study guide is intended to aid in your test preparation Some of these terms questions will be on the test but some of them may not Additionally some terms may be omitted from this list and appear on the test This is in no way intended to be a comprehensive list We encourage you to review the lecture notes outlines reading material and supplemental materials found on BlackBoard As it stated in the syllabus you are able to use books and notes but the test is time constrained You will not have time to look up each answer Please plan ahead Good luck with your test prep and as always let me know if you have any questions or concerns Terms Concepts Society Sociological imagination vs common sense reasoning Durkheim his study of suicide Social problem Social problems the issue of subjectivity Claims making Functionalism as a theoretical approach Conflict Theory as a theoretical approach Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical approach Income vs Wealth Both within and outside of the United States Patterns of income and wealth over time How has the income gap wealth gap changed over time Davis and Moore s Functional Theory Income over the life course Relationship between industrialization and income inequality Effects of the economic recession on the distribution of wealth amongst demographic groups Wealth inequality Income inequality Consumption inequality Relationship between education and income Geography of inequality and poverty Large scale immigration social inequality Social mobility all types Problems linked to poverty Race vs Ethnicity Immigration and the Changing Demographics of the US Population 1 Social Standing of Minority Groups Stereotypes Racism Prejudice Discrimination Institutional Discrimination Racial Ethnic Inequality Good Bad News associated with Racial and Ethnic Relations 2