SOC 1 Study Guide
Exam 1- Midterm
The following items are terms, theories, or concepts that you will need to know for
the midterm. All of these terms can be found in the class textbook.
Chapter 1
Sociological Imagination
Manifest vs. Latent Functions
Paradigm
Positivism
Micro vs. Macro Analysis
Dramaturgical Analysis
Conflict Perspective
Functional Perspective
Chapter 5
Social Institution
Status
Role
Achieved Status
Ascribed Statues
Social Distance *all types
Role Conflict vs. Role Strain
Dramaturgy
Chapter 2
Quantitative vs. Qualitative
*with 3 paradigms too
Descriptive Research
Ethnography
Control Group vs. Experimental Group
Secondary Analysis
Independent vs. Dependent Variable
Correlation
Chapter 6
Group
Primary vs. Secondary Group
Aggregate (crowd)
Category
Reference Group
Group Think
In group vs. Out group
Voluntary Organizations
Chapter 3
Language
Society
Sanctions
Postindustrial
Folkway vs. Taboo
Cultural Lag
Cultural Relativism
Values vs. Beliefs
Chapter 7
Deviance vs. Crime
Primary Deviance
Secondary Deviance
Merton’s Strain Theory
Conflict Perspective on Deivance
Durkheim and Crime
Differential Association Theory
Deterrence Theory
Chapter 4
The Self
Looking Glass Self
Agents of Socialization
Symbolic Interactionism
Nature vs. Nurture
Degradation Ceremony
Total Institution
Structural Functionalism
Chapter 8
Class System (social class)
Socioeconomic Status
Social Inequality
Culture of Poverty
Functionalist View on Poverty
Absolute Poverty
Relative Poverty
Feminization of Poverty