1 SOAN 110 <a href="/keyword/mary-beth/" >mary beth</a> Slusar Spring 2007 Midterm Review Sheet CHAPTER 1--SOCIOLOGY: PERSPECTIVE, THEORY AND METHOD Remember, you aren't responsible for the material past pg. 18 starting with the section &quot;Three Ways to do Sociology&quot; for the midterm--we will discuss research design and methods on Tuesday (3/6) which will be on the final exam Society 1. What is sociology? What is the sociological perspective? 2. Explain how Durkheim (social integration), C. Wright Mills (sociological imagination), and Comte (positivism) were integral to the development of sociology as a discipline. 3. What is the structural functional theoretical perspective? a. What are social structures, social functions, manifest functions, latent functions, social dysfunctions? Be able to give examples of all of these. b. How are Herbert Spencer and Robert K. Merton related to the structural functional approach? 4. What is the social conflict theoretical perspective? a. What is the gender-conflict approach? The race-conflict approach? b. Who are Jane Addams, Harriet Martineau, and W.E.B. Du Bois? 5. What is the symbolic interaction theoretical perspective? a. What is the difference between micro-level approaches and macro-level approaches? b. How do Max Weber, George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, George Homans, and Peter Blau relate to this approach? &quot;Invitation to Sociology&quot; (Berger) 1. According to Berger, why should we study sociology? 2. What is the sociological consciousness? CHAPTER 2--CULTURE Society 1. Define culture and society. How is a culture different from a society? 2. What is culture shock? Give examples. 3. Be able to describe and give examples of each of the 4 elements of culture. 4. Define and give examples of the following concepts related to cultural diversity: high culture, pop culture, subculture, counterculture, multiculturalism, ethnocentrism, eurocentrism, cultural relativism, cultural integration, and cultural lag 5. How do the 3 <a href="/keyword/theoretical-perspectives/" >theoretical perspectives</a> view culture? &quot;Cultural Obsessions with Thinness&quot; 1. What social experiences (traumas) did the article relate to the women's development of their eating disorder? 2. How does this article challenge other research on women and eating disorders? &quot;India's Sacred Cow&quot; 1. According to the article, how is the cultural belief in the sacredness of the cow actually rational (or functional) in the long-term for India's farmers? 2 CHAPTER 3--SOCIALIZATION--FROM INFANCY TO OLD AGE Society 1. What is socialization and personality? How is socialization different from personality? 2. What is the nature vs. nurture debate? How does social isolation relate to this debate? 3. Be able to outline Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development, Gilligan's Theory of Gender and Moral Development, Mead's Theory of the Social Self, Cooley's looking-glass self, and Erikson's 8 stages of development. You should also be able to compare and contrast these theories and evaluate their merit and application to other concepts we've discussed (EX. norms and gender socialization) 4. What 4 agents socialize children? How? 5. How are we socialized into our gender? 6. Be familiar with the following concepts related to socialization and the life course: gerontocracy, ageism, cohort. 7. What is resocialization? A total institution? Gender Play Use the handout that we went over in lecture &quot;Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities&quot; 1. How did the themes of family influence, relationship with fathers, competition/winning, connection to other people, and class differences shape men's interest in sports and their masculine identity? CHAPTER 4--SOCIAL INTERACTION IN EVERYDAY LIFE Society 1. Be able to define and give examples of the following concepts: status, status set, ascribed status, achieved status, master status, role, role set, role conflict, role strain, and role exit. How are these concepts related to each other and how can we distinguish between them? 2. What is the social construction of reality and how is it a part of the symbolic interaction perspective? How do the Thomas Theorem and ethnomethodology relate? 3. Be able to define and relate the following concepts to each other: dramaturgical analysis, presentation of self, and impression management. How do we use performance, nonverbal communication and body language in our presentation of self? Give examples. 4. How do we use our demeanor, personal space, eye contact, smiling, touching, embarrassment, and tact in our presentation of self and how does this differ by gender? &quot;The Presentation of Self&quot; 1. How are &quot;defensive practices&quot; and &quot;protective practices&quot; related to saving face in the presentation of self? 2. How can we determine if someone is &quot;being real&quot; or delivering a convincing performance in their presentation of self? &quot;The Dos and Taboos of Body Language Around the World&quot; 1. How do the concepts of cultural relativism and ethnocentrism relate to our understanding of body language taboos? 2. Do the &quot;dos and taboos&quot; outlined in the article apply only when visiting another country or can we apply them to our interactions with others in the U.S.? 3 CHAPTER 7--DEVIANCE Society 1. Define and relate the concepts of deviance, crime, and social control. 2. Be able to explain the biological, personality, and social explanations of deviance and explain why sociologists look for explanations outside of the individual. 3. Evaluate how each of the 3 <a href="/keyword/theoretical-perspectives/" >theoretical perspectives</a> explain deviance. 4. As part of your understanding of the <a href="/keyword/theoretical-perspectives/" >theoretical perspectives</a> , be able to define the following theories and the concepts related to them: strain theory (4 deviant paths), labeling theory, differential association theory, and control theory. 5. Be familiar with concepts related to crime and the criminal justice system &quot;The Code of the Streets&quot; 1. Compare the &quot;decency&quot; orientation to the &quot;street&quot; orientation. How do these orientations affect families? 2. How do street youths define respect, juice, and manhood? 3. How can we apply labeling theory and the concepts of presentation of self and identity to the code of the streets? CHAPTER 8--<a href="/keyword/social-stratification/" >social stratification</a> Society 1. Be able to define the following concepts and provide examples: <a href="/keyword/social-stratification/" >social stratification</a> , caste system, class system, meritocracy, status consistency, and ideology. 2. Evaluate the 3 <a href="/keyword/theoretical-perspectives/" >theoretical perspectives</a> which explain <a href="/keyword/social-stratification/" >social stratification</a> along with the theories and theorists related to them: Davis-Moore Thesis, Marx, and Weber. 3. Be able to define and distinguish between socioeconomic status, property, prestige, power, income, wealth, occupational prestige, social class, and social mobility. &quot;Who Has How Much and Why&quot; 1. How are children affected by the increasing <a href="/keyword/social-stratification/" >social stratification</a> in the U.S.? 2. How do geographical mobility, sex, race, marital status, and occupation affect families' socioeconomic status? Nickel and Dimed 1. Which factors that are influenced by social class--physical health, mental health, family and gender, politics, religion, and education--does the author discuss in her experiences as a waitress and cleaning person? 2. Which theoretical perspective would the author apply to what she discovered about <a href="/keyword/social-stratification/" >social stratification</a> ? Do you agree or disagree? CHAPTER 6--SEXUALITY AND SOCIETY Society 1. Define sex and gender. Explain how they are different. 2. Define and distinguish between the following concepts: intersexual people, transsexuals, transgendered individuals, sexual orientation, heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, asexuality, homophobia, sexual identity, coming out, queer theory, heterosexism. 3. Apply the 3 <a href="/keyword/theoretical-perspectives/" >theoretical perspectives</a> to our understanding of sexuality. 4. How is sexuality social and cultural? 4 &quot;After the promise&quot; 1. Compare the STD rates of pledgers vs. non-pledgers. 2. How did pledgers differ from non-pledgers when we consider age at first sex, age at marriage, number of sexual partners, and reports of anal and oral sex? 3. Why were the rates of pledgers and non-pledgers similar when pledgers were at a lower risk of contracting a STD? &quot;Learning from Drag Queens&quot; 1. How do the drag queens challenge our understanding of sexual identity and allow us to consider the fluidity of gender? 2. According to the drag queens, themselves, what is the goal of their performances? 3. How do audience members react to the drag performances? Films--Devil's Playground, scenes from Big, People Like Us--will be extra credit questions on the midterm exam