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SOC 001, FINAL [CUMULATIVE] EXAM REVIEW SHEET LECTURE MATERIAL: 99 questions which are one point each. A. SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES (7 Qs) What is sociology? How do we do it (related to Vaughan’s research on the Challenger Launch Decision)? What is controversial about social research? (think: tea room trade and counting homeless people) Symbolic Interactionism Functional Theory Conflict Theory B. CULTURE (6 Qs) Definition Material/nonmaterial culture 7 elements of Culture (l-v-n-ps-ns-f-m) Cultural Relativism C. THE PROCESSES OF SOCIALIZATION (4 Qs) Socialization Resocialization Primary/Secondary Socialization How has individuality become the new conformity? D. Deviance (6 Qs) Labeling Theory of Deviance Conflict Theory of Deviance Functionalist Theory Inner/Outer Control Theory of Deviance Tattooing E. GROUPS, BUREAUCRACY, AND COMMUNITY (10 Qs) In-group/Out-Group Reference Group Social Capital Bureaucracy F. McDONALDIZATION OF SOCIETY (4 Qs) McDonalidization – what is it? Where did it come from? What is wrong with it? What are the consequences for society? G. SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SOCIAL STRATIFICATION, SOCIAL CLASS, TECHNOLOGY (18 Qs) Social Capital: what is it? How/why does bowling alone specifically matter? What are in and out groups – and what is in-group bias? What is a ―reference group‖? What are examples? What is a formal organization? All characteristics of a bureaucracy (esp. connected to ―Office Space‖). Also, what is ―goal displacement,‖ a ―bureaucratic personality,‖ and the ―stifling of human creativity‖ AND what do they have to do with organizations? Social Structure Social Stratification Social Class Slavery – where does slavery happen? Is it a thing of the past or a current issue? What characterizes modern slavery and the new forced labor market? India’s Caste system: what is a caste system? Who are the harijan? What would your life be like if you were a member of the harijan? Weber’s model of WPP and status inconsistencies—what are they?Bourdieu’s model of ESCH How might social class differences in taste isolate groups? How has our technological interconnectedness resulted in social alienation and isolation? What examples might support these points? Griswold argued that territorial communities matter less these days (in light of the proliferation of electronic media), why? H. SEX AND GENDER (6 Qs) What is does it mean to be transgendered? Who is more likely to be transgendered? What is the difference between sex and gender? What are some of the deadly consequences of sexism? What did we learn about Kinsey’s Sex Research? What is the link between sex research and HIV/AIDS? I. RACE AND ETHNICITY (10 Qs) Difference between race and ethnicity Difference between discrimination and prejudice History of race as a social construction Different ways in history of telling one’s race (for example, the ―comb-test‖) J. POLITICAL ECONOMY (12 Qs) Welfare Welfare State History of AFDC and TANF ―Capitalism vs. Democracy‖ lecture will be drawn from liberally SIGs and Lobbyists Guest Lecturer materials on hate groups: what are they are where do they come from? K. EDUCATION, MTV, RELIGION, AND FAMILY (17 Qs) New Social Organization of College Image Logic Postmodern Themes (link reading to lecture) Family changes over time 3 Perspectives on the Family Sociology of Religion (entire) Sociology of Non-religion(entire) READING MATERIALS SPECIFICALLY DRAWN FROM FOR TEST:_______________________ ―Writing McDonalds, Eating the Past‖ ―Will Diners Still Swallow This?‖ ―Bowling Alone‖ ―If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger‖ ―Pathology of Imprisonment‖ ―Africa’s World of Forced Labor‖ ―Social Class Differences in Family-School Relationships‖ ―Technology, Community and Global Culture‖ ―The Looking-glass self‖ ―Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft‖ ―Becoming a Marijuana User‖ ―The Tribe and the Tube‖ ―Normalization of Pain and Injury ―Not Just for Bikers anymore‖ ―Rule Enforcement without visible means‖ ―Topless Dancers‖ ―Saints and Roughnecks‖ ―Postmodernism Define‖ ―Glib and Tawdry‖ ―Reconsidering the Joys of Parenthood‖ Amish


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