Exam 2 Study Guide
Chapters 7, 9, 10, and 12
Karen M. Austin, Sociology 1010
Note: This is a guide only and not exhaustive of each concept addressed in the exam. Also,
the handout excerpt from the book Brain Sex should be reviewed also (7 questions).
Chapter 7 ~ Social Class
Social Stratification, Social Mobility;
pp 197-199 differentiate between the more distinguishing features of the theoretical
perspectives of class;
Poverty (who is poor and who works);
wealth (who?)
Chapter 9 ~ Race and Ethnicity
Why study race?; who constructs race?;
minority group(s);
Affirmative Action,
Differentiate: minority; segregation; racism; prejudice; discrimination; stereotype
Chapter 10 ~ Gender
Gender (definition and construction)
Affirmative Action,
Differentiate: gender identity, gender role, salience, sexism, hermaphrodite, polygamy,
polyandry, matriarch, patriarch, gender stratification
“Brain Sex” excerpt – know figure and what each side of the brain controls; Turner’s
Syndrome, effects of brain damage