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to Sociology Midterm 1 Spring 2012 Date: Tuesday, February 21st at 4pm What to Bring: #2 pencil Exam Rules: NO Cell phones allowed (if I see your phone at any point during the exam, you will immediately be asked to leave and will be given a grade of zero). Please keep all belongings in your bag and stored under your desk. Once the exam begins, absolutely no talking or interacting with anyone in the class. If you have a question about the exam, you are encouraged to raise your hand and I will come to you to assist with your question. Please make every effort to be on time. If you arrive after the first student has handed in a completed exam, you will NOT be allowed to take the exam. What is the exam format? The exam will consist of 50 multiple-choice questions (conceptual, definitional, and application based) What material am I responsible for knowing? All lecture material Major themes covered and discussed in class from films viewed in class (links to all films can be found on Blackboard): The Bridge Growing Up Online The Released The following assigned readings: Body Ritual among the Nacirema The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Chapters 1,2,3,4,5 of your assigned text *See attached study guide for suggested topics likely to be covered on the exam (however, you are still responsible for all material assigned/covered in class) Will there be any opportunity to earn extra credit on the exam? Yes, you will be provided the opportunity to answer 3 bonus questions worth 2 points each.

Suggested Study Topics (know the definitions, associated concepts, how to apply the concepts, examples, etc.) What is sociology? What is society C. Wright Mills & the sociological imagination Emile Durkheim & suicide (social integration, social regulation, 4 types of suicide) Sociological perspective The social world model (what is it? Micro vs. meso vs. macro, social structure, social processes, the environment Assumptions of science vs. common sense Symbolic interaction theory, rational choice theory, structural functional theory, conflict theory Inductive vs. deductive research Culture (material, non-material) Values, norms, folkways, mores, laws, taboos, sanctions (informal, formal), symbol, language Characteristics of culture across all societies Subculture vs. counterculture Ethnocentrism Cultural relativism Universal morality Freedom of thought vs. freedom of action Socialization (what it is, agents of socialization, why necessary) Social interaction Dramaturgy (presentation of self, impression management) Theories re: developing a self:Looking-glass self, role-taking, iowa school of symbolic interaction, social class, conflict perspective Social networks (micro, meso, macro) Social status, ascribed status, achieved status, master status, role Role strain, role conflict, role expectation, role performance Group, primary, secondary, reference, in-group, out-group Organizational societies, formal organizations Rationality, irrationality of rationality, mcdonaldization of society, principles of mcdonaldization Bureaucracy, characteristics of bureaucracy, problems with bureaucracy