Sociology 201: Introduction to Sociology
Study Guide for Midterm Test 2, March 29, 2010
Some business
matters:
1. SHOW UP ON
TIME. We have the difficult job of crowd management in a
challenging setting and you can help by being punctual. PERSONS SHOWING
UP MORE THAN TEN MINUTES LATE WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO WRITE THE TEST.
If you cannot make it to this test on time, do NOT show up late. If you
have an acceptable excuse, let Dr Manzo know afterwards (preferably by
e-mail and as soon as possible) and he may AT HIS DISCRETION give you
the courtesy of having the weight of this test added to the
multiple-choice section of the final exam.
2. YOU MUST KNOW YOUR CORRECT ID NUMBER for filling in the scantron
form and to allow us to enter your grades and report them back to all
of your efficiently. As on test one, you may receive zero credit for
this test if you don't identify yourself properly. That means that you
enter your name correctly, your INITIALS correctly and your ID number
correctly. DO ALL OF THESE.
3. Bring a pencil for filling in the
scantron form. On the back of the last
page there is space for recording all of your multiple choice answers;
please fill this in as it will be the only record of your
multiple-choice responses returned to you.
4. There will be
two separate piles of papers to return: one for the
test form, and one
for the scantrons. You assume full
responsibility for making sure the
correct part of the test is in the correct pile- take your time
and do
it right!
5. Understand
that this a study guide, not a contract. This study guide is
first and foremost a teaching tool that ensures that you will, if you
take my hints seriously, learn more than you would without using it.
You should NOT think of this as something that releases you from your
course-related obligations. Having said that, I have endeavoured to
make this guide as complete as possible.
Good luck.
The test will
consist of 20 multiple-choice questions, each worth
one
mark.
Multiple-choice
items concern topics as follows:
First, there are indeed questions about
"statistics" on this test and you will have to remember some numbers
this time. I've tried to specify where to look for these in the study
recommendations below. As well, for questions on maps, don't try to
memorize every detail on those maps; look for trends, highs and lows,
and so forth.
Aging: Chapter 15: Global
Map 15-1; “Aging and Income,” "The 'Young Old'
and the 'Old Old,'" "Age Stratification."
Sex and Gender:
Chapter 8: Global Map 8-1, "How many gay people," "Social
Conflict Analysis"; Chapter 13: "Patriarchy and sexism";
know "sex" versus "gender" from lecture as well as the reading.
Groups,
Organizations and
Bureaucracy: Chapter 7: "Group
Comformity"; "Group Leadership";
"Coercive Organizations"; know what crowds, primary groups, secondary
groups, and
networks
are; know about the various forms of formal organizations and
know
what constitutes a bureaucracy and what theorists have said about it.
Family: Chapter 18:
"Marriage Patterns," "One-Parent Families"; review lecture discussion
on the term "family" and the various theoretical
perspectives on family: the functionalist view, developmental view, and
so on. There are no questions from the lecture on Backman's model, but
be assured that this will appear on the final exam.
Crime
and Deviance:
Chapter 9: Canada Map 9-1, "The Medicalization of Deviance."