SOCY 122 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Sociology, Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim
12 Oct 2018
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SOCY 122
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
September 16, 2016
Profiles and visions of students today
Beloit Mindset List:
Developing the skills of scholarship involves slowing down
There is no critique associated with the mindset list.
Generation X (early 1960s to 1981)
- Conflicted generation
- Born in the shadow of Boomers – McJobs
o “low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service
sector… considered a satisfying career choice by people who have never held
one”
- First influenced by the internet
- Well educated (43% BA), employed (85%), work hard in rewarding jobs
Millennials (1982-1995)
- Generation Y – the Millennials
- The “found generation” – small, close families – “most watched over generation”
- Optimists who trust and respect authority
- Rely on adult direction, assurance, confirmation (parental often)
- Time management a problem – highly packed schedules – “just do it”
o Parents drive them to extra curricular to ensure that they had an enriched
childhood to help them gain better experience and to get a better future.
- Sense of entitlement – less self-critical
o Because their parents constantly gave them positive affirmation
- “used to receiving information really fast”
- Parallel process, multi-taskers
- Prefer graphics before text
- Prefer random access, perform best when networked
- Thrive on instant gratification and frequent rewards
Generation Z (1996-2010)
- Do a great deal of online communication
- Rely heavily on technology and cell phones
- Rarely spend much time outside unless it is for an organized activity
- Grow up under extreme pressure to succeed
- Greater independence—self reliant
- Mainstreamed, racially and ethnically diverse classes – confident of abilities
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o School experiences make gen z more acceptable because they grew up surrounded
by people with different backgrounds
- Constantly online
- Anxious about popularity, attractiveness, success, bullying etc.
The “Visions” Projects:
- Learning begins with a grand narrative to provide relevance and context
- Create a learning environment that values and leverages the learners themselves
- Leverage the existing media environment
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