Sociology Midterm Review
     
     
    Here is a list of the items which will be covered in the midterm which will basically cover chapters 1-4. You will have to demonstrate the ability to both understand and apply the terms.
     
    q   Definition of Sociology
    q   Role of the “Giants” focus on Comte Marx Weber DuBois
    q   Identify and describe the three theoretical perspectives
    q   Outline the research model sociologists use
    q   Define culture
    q   Understand symbolic and material cultures
    q   Subcultures
    q   Countercultures
    q   Value, value clusters, value contradictions
    q   Difference between ideal and real culture
    q   Cultural diffusion, cultural leveling, cultural lag
    q   Nature vs Nurture
    q   Harlow Experiments
    q   “Society makes us Human”
    q   Theories of Cooley, Mead, Piaget, and Freud
    q   Socialization into Gender
    q   Agents of Socialization
    q   Resocialization
    q   Socialization stages in life
    q   Macrosociology
    q   Social class
    q   Social status
    q   Roles
    q   Groups
    q   Institutions
    q   Change in Societies
    q   What holds Societies together?
    q   Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
    q   Microsociology
    q   Distace Zones
    q   Dramaturgy
    q   Ethnomethodology
    q   Thomas Theorem
     
     
     

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