STUDY GUIDE, TEST 2, SOC1, WINTER, 2001

Expect questions on all of the following topics:

Mead's theory of socialization and key concepts in it
Types of crimes
Other views of socialization such as the behaviorist and psychoanalytic
views
Ethnic, racial, and minority groups
Stratification systems and characteristics of stratification systems
  e.g., can, caste, feudal, class
Perceptions of social class
Conspicuous consumption
Theories of deviance and concepts associated with them
  e.g., labeling, control, cultural transmission, structural strain or
anomie
Patterns of treatment of minority groups
Functional, conflict, and interactionist views of socialization
Conflict and functional views of stratification
The role of deviance and social control in societies
Agents of socialization
Types of social mobility
The nature and types of socialization
prejudice and discrimination
attitudinal and structural discrimination
dimensions of stratification from different theoretical views
the evolutionary view of stratification
types of social mobility
Characteristics of social classes in the U.S.
gender differences in work, home life, education, etc.
sex, sexuality, gender
gender norms
sexual harassment, the gender pay gap, sexism, sexual discrimination
.gender socialization - agents and trends
pink-collar jobs
Characteristics of minority groups
world systems theory vs modernization theory
socioeconomic status (SES)
culture of poverty and who is poor
measuring occupational prestige
Components of wealth and their distribution
Life styles and life chances