SOCI 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Symbolic Ethnicity, Minority Group, Scientific Method
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This is not an exhaustive list of what is covered on the exam, but a guide to help you as you study. You are responsible for any, and all, assigned readings, lectures, handouts, and films: concepts you need to know. Personal trouble: private matter; lies within the individual as a biological entity and within the scope of one"s immediate social setting, personal experience, and to some extent, their willful activity. Public issue: public matter; transcends local environments of the individual and carries over into the historical society as a whole. Ex: jane gets fired from her job as a retail manager at aeropostale for being an asshole (trouble). Ex: millions of workers are laid off (issue): race includes the perception of a hierarchy- includes dominant & subordinate racial groups, race is imposed on people, ethnicity is voluntary. Science: the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
