SOC 2220 Study Guide - Final Guide: Slut-Shaming, Spurious Relationship, Social Constructionism
6 May 2016
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Social problems: a convenient guide to an a on the midterm test. In-class component (70%): (cid:455)ou"ll a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396) a (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) of sho(cid:396)t essa(cid:455)s, sho(cid:396)t a(cid:374)s(cid:449)e(cid:396) (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s, a(cid:374)d multiple choice questions related to the following: The dates listed after some items refer to the day of the lecture that covered the material. Tolerate ambiguity: how you see reflects where you sit. The conditions of our social life shape the content of our consciousness. Challenges to sociological thinking (the sociology of knowledge: we take our social arrangements for granted because we know no others, we want the world to be a certain way and so have limited vision. The difference between empirical and normative statements (many, many lectures: we feel guilty about some matters and therefore repress them, empirical: purely informative and full of facts. A claim about what is a purported fact: normative: judgmental.
