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Sociology Study Guide, Cheat Sheet of Sociology

Texas Tech University (TTU)Sociology

Study guide for sociology exam

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2023/2024

Uploaded on 12/03/2024

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Exam One- Introduction to Sociology Study Guide
MODULE 1 THROUGH MODULE 5 WEEK 1 THROUGH WEEK 5
This is a comprehensive look at what could be covered on the exam. Please note, this does not
completely encapsulate the exam’s question protentional. Rather, this is used as an aid to help
prepare.
READ YOUR READINGS! THERE MAY BE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FROM THE READINS!
What is sociology?
Sociological imagination
oWho talked about this?
oWhat is it?
Social processes
oWhat are they?
oDefine them
oKnow them in a sequence
Hint
Starts with socialization
Ends with assimilation
Taboos, Mores, Norms
oKnow what they are
oKnow which one is the worst out of the three
Know from both
o4 types of norms
Research ethics
oDefine ethics
What the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the Nuremburg Code as well as Stanley Milgram’s
Experiment
oWhy were they bad
oHow did it go against ethics?
Define informed consent
Know what the institutions review board does
Norms, Mores, and Societal Change
oHow cultures shift over time
Know the 4 main types of societies
oDefine them
Hint
Hunter/ gatherer etc.
Define Post-Industrial Societies
oWhat are they
oWhat makes them post-industrial compared to industrial
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Exam One- Introduction to Sociology Study Guide MODULE 1 THROUGH MODULE 5 WEEK 1 THROUGH WEEK 5 This is a comprehensive look at what could be covered on the exam. Please note, this does not completely encapsulate the exam’s question protentional. Rather, this is used as an aid to help prepare. READ YOUR READINGS! THERE MAY BE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FROM THE READINS!  What is sociology?  Sociological imagination o Who talked about this? o What is it?  Social processes o What are they? o Define them o Know them in a sequence  Hint  Starts with socialization  Ends with assimilation  Taboos, Mores, Norms o Know what they are o Know which one is the worst out of the three  Know from both o 4 types of norms  Research ethics o Define ethics  What the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the Nuremburg Code as well as Stanley Milgram’s Experiment o Why were they bad o How did it go against ethics?  Define informed consent  Know what the institutions review board does  Norms, Mores, and Societal Change o How cultures shift over time  Know the 4 main types of societies o Define them  Hint  Hunter/ gatherer etc.  Define Post-Industrial Societies o What are they o What makes them post-industrial compared to industrial

o Know mechanical vs. organic solidarity  Emile Durkheim and solidarity  Know he was the founder of this  Cultural relativism o Define o What is the goal of it?  Sociological Perspectives (S.P) o Define o What is a sociological perspective? o What are the three main types of S.P.  Conflict  Define  What is it o Remember the key words to a perspective question  Unfair, unjust, at the expense of  Who is this mainly attributed to? o Karl Marx  Karl is with a K cut can also be with a c  Conflict starts with a C!  A little memorization aid  Functionalist  Define  What is it o Remember the key words to a perspective question  Social solidarity, social stability, majority  Who is this mainly attributed to? o Emile Durkheim o If you look at the alphabet  A, b, c, d, e, f  Emile Durkheim o D,E,F  Another little memorization aid  Interactionist  Define  What is it  Who is mainly attributed with this perspective?  Erving Goffman  I in Erving I in interactionist o Last memorization help  Socialization o The self  Define