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Midterm Exam Key Points from PowerPoint Lectures

1.   Lecture terms

·      Sociology

·      Sociological imagination

·      Sociological perspective

·      Microsociology

·      Macrosociology

·      Popular wisdoms

·      Pure science

·      Applied science

·      Social sciences: Economics, political science, anthropology, psychology, history, geography

·      Class consciousness

·      Social movements

·      Collective conscience

·      Verstehen

·      Methodology

·      Objectivity

·      Primary sources

·      Secondary sources

·      Hypothesis

o   Directional hypothesis

§  direct relationship

§  Inverse relationship

o   Null hypothesis

·      Surveys

·      Secondary analysis

·      Observational research

o   Laboratory observation

o   Field observation

o   Participant observation

o   Hawthorne effect

·      Mean

·      Median

·      Mode

·      Range

·      Theory

·      Exploratory research

·      Descriptive research

·      Explanatory research

·      Society

·      Culture

·      Cultural universal

·      Ethnocentrism

·      Xenocentrism

·      Cultural relativism

·      Norms

o   Folkways

o   Mores

·      Cultural lag

·      High culture

·      Subculture

·      Counterculture

·      Pop culture

·      Folk culture

·      Social status

o   Ascribed status

o   Achieved status

o   Master status

·      Social roles

o   Prescribed roles

o   Role perception

o   Role performance

·      Social roles

o   Prescribed roles

o   Role perception

o   Role performance

·      Role ambiguity

·      Role strain

·      Role conflict

·      Statistical groups

·      Categorical groups

·      Aggregate groups

·      Primary groups

·      Secondary groups

o   Primary & Secondary group dynamic

·      In-groups

·      Out-groups

·      In-group & Out-group dynamic

·      Peer groups

·      Formal organizations

o   Bureaucracy

2.   Theories

         Structural Functionalism

         Conflict Theory

         Symbolic Interactionism

         Feminist Theory

3.  Contributions of…

Auguste Comte

Herbert Spencer

Karl Marx

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Harriet Martineau

Jane Addams

W.E.B Dubois

4.  Historical Events

Industrial Revolution

Franklin D. Roosevelt

         Great Depression

         “New Deal”

                  Social Security Act of 1935

Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

Women’s Movement

         Women’s Suffrage of 1920

         Equal Pay Act

         Title VII of Civil Rights Act

         Title IX of Education Amendments Act

Abolitionist Movement

Civil Rights Movement