THE SOCIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDE.doc.docx



NameSociologyDateKnightTHE SOCIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM STUDY GUIDESociology Introductory Unit (Chapters 1 & 2)Sociology definition:Auguste Comte’s contribution to sociology:Random Sampling:Surveys and their characteristics:Participant observation and its characteristics:Data analysis and its characteristics:Participant observation and its characteristics:Hypothesis:Sociology and common sense: The sociological imagination: The sociological perspective:A global perspective and its importance:The three theoretical approaches and their basic viewpoints on society:Culture and Society Units (Chapter 3 & 4)Culture:Society:The components of culture and definitions/examples each:High culture:Popular culture:Material/Nonmaterial culture:The Sapir-Whorf thesis:Countercultures:Multiculturalism & Eurocentrism:Emile Durkheim’s society theory:Lenski’s theory on the evolution of society:Karl Marx’s theory on societySociocultural evolutionary theory definition:Socialization (Chapter 5)Socialization:Four socialization agents and each one’s importance:Sigmund Freud’s contributions:Erik Erickson’s contributions:Jean Piaget’s contributions:Lawrence Kohlberg’s contributions:Carol Gilligan’s contributions:Nature versus nurture:Social Interaction (Chapter 6)The Thomas Theorem:Status:Role:Master status:Goffman’s “dramaturgical analysis”:Presentation of the self/impression management:Tact:Ascribed status:Achieved status:Reality building: class and culture’s basic belief:The four types of social interaction: THE POSSIBLE ESSAYS (I will pick one the day of your exam.) They are a minimum of 3 paragraphs each. Sociologist Robin Williams listed and explained 10 key values of U.S. culture. In this essay, please choose the three values that you think are most important in American culture. You must explain each of the three values you choose and provide two real life examples of the value happening or occurring in our society today. We examined six theories on how we are socialized into society during our unit on socialization. In an essay, please examine any two of these theories. In examining each theory do any two of the following three things for each:Describe the strengths of the theoryProvide a weaknesses of the theoryProvide an example of how that theory applies in the real worldFinally, tell me which theory of the two theories is the most relevant and why.We have talked at great length about sociology as a science and the sociological perspective. Define the term “sociology.” What exactly is meant by “the sociological perspective?” Explain any three ways in which the “sociological perspective” could be used to examine your life. Finally, use your “sociological perspective” and examine life in one way here at Woodstown High School. ................
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