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.
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Definition of Sociology
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Role of the “Giants” focus on Comte Marx Weber DuBois
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Identify and describe the three theoretical perspectives
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Outline the research model sociologists use
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Define culture
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Understand symbolic and material cultures
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Subcultures
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Countercultures
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Value, value clusters, value contradictions
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Difference between ideal and real culture
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Cultural diffusion, cultural leveling, cultural lag
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Nature vs Nurture
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Harlow Experiments
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“Society makes us Human”
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Theories of Cooley, Mead, Piaget, and Freud
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Socialization into Gender
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Agents of Socialization
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Resocialization
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Socialization stages in life
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Macrosociology
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Social class
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Social status
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Roles
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Groups
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Institutions
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Change in Societies
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What holds Societies together?
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Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
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Microsociology
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Distace Zones
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Dramaturgy
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Ethnomethodology
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Thomas Theorem
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