SOC 102 INAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

SOC 102 INAL EXAM STUDY GUIDESOC 102 INAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE Study Guide for Final Exam – SOC 102 – Chapters 1 – 10 of Our Social World Chapter 1: What are the tools that sociologists use to study society? Sociological Imagination: looking at the world through a sociological lens (C.W. Mills) Social deconstruction: breaking down something piece by piece Who are the main early sociologists who got the field of sociology started? Charles Marxists: Conflict theory (view people as competitors and society is the fighting arena) Emile Durkheim: Structural functionalists (a machine that has parts that each has a purpose, interconnected together pieces) George Mead: Symbolic theory (stage that actors perform on= society) What is the sociological imagination and what does it allow the user to do? Sociological Imagination: looking at the world through a sociological lens (C.W. Mills) What is the difference between troubles and issues as envisioned by C. Wright Mills? Troubles- individual Issues- society What is the difference between macro-level analysis and micro-level analysis as it is carried out by sociologists? Micro- the individual first then the society (Symbolic) Macro- the society first then the individual (Conflict, Structural) When sociologists do research, the data (facts, information) they gather can be characterized as one of two types of data. What are these two types? Qualitative and Quantitative Chapter 2: You will need to understand each of the three main sociological perspectives: What are they? Conflict theory (view people as competitors and society is the fighting arena). Who and what has the power