Lecture Outlines
Material for Exam III
Family (PPT Slides)
Family
· 4 Functions of the Family
·
Changes in the Family
·
Characteristics of a Traditional/Modern Family
·
Characteristics of a Postmodern Family
Sex and Gender
· Know the difference between Sex and Gender
· Gender roles
Material for Exam II
Crime and Deviance
Definition
of Deviance
4
Questions about crime and deviance:
·
Why are some behaviors defined as
criminal while others aren’t?
·
Who gets to decide what is defined as
criminal?
·
Who becomes criminal?
·
Why do people become criminal?
Theories of Crime (PPT Slides)
3 Social Foundations of crime
and deviance
Social Conflict Theory of Crime
Crime is a function of class
conflict between the wealthy and powerful and those who lack wealth and power
Definitions of
white collar and corporate crime.
Problems
with the theory
Structural
Functionalist Theory of Crime
Definition of
anomie
4
Functions of crime
Merton’s
Structural Strain Theory
Responses to
this strain
Flaws
to the theory
Symbolic
Interactionist Theory of Crime
Sutherland’s
Differential Association
4
Dimensions to interaction
Flaws
of the theory
Lemert’s Labeling Theory
What does it try to address?
Problems with the theory
Characteristics of street
criminals
Groups
Definitions of
groups, categories, crowds
Primary
vs Secondary groups
In-groups
vs Out-groups
Milgram’s Obedience Study
Basic
premise
Variations
Reasons
criticized
Asch’s Conformity Studies
Premise
Conditions
affecting conformity (4)
Janis – Groupthink
What
is it
Conditions
for group think (4)
How
to Avoid Groupthink
Inequality
Meritocracy
Relationship
between opportunity and conditions
Caste/class
system
What is
Sociology?
The Sociological
Perspective (PPT Slides)
· What is it?
·
In
what three ways does it differ from other perspectives?
1) Questions
2)
Assumptions
3)
Orientations
Sociological Theory (PPT
Slides)
· Why are these
theories useful?
·
What
are the three main sociological theories?
1) Symbolic
Interaction
2)
Social Conflict
3)
Structure Functionalist
Components of
each theory:
Nature
of Society
Major
Theorists
Focus
Goal
Fact-Gathering
Method
*
Chart of sociological theories on website
How to Lie With Statistics (PPT
Slides)
· Qualities of Scientific Research
· Steps of the Scientific Method
· Sample and population
· Quality of instrument
· Statistical method
· Presentation of results
· Random error
·
Important
concepts
Representative
sample
Repeatability
Accurateness
Correlation
is not causation
Mean
Median
Mode
* Refer to power points and class
examples
· Subculture
· Counterculture
· Elements of culture
Language
Norms
Values
Rituals
Beliefs
Technology
Robin Williams
Basic American Values
· Functions of culture
· Global culture
· Social structure
· Important concepts
Language
reflects and changes
Prescriptive
norms
Proscriptive
norms
Norms
Folkways
Mores
Taboos
Sanctions
Formal
Informal
Law
Statuses
Ascribed
Achieved
Roles
Institutions
· Role conflict vs. Role strain
· Cultural relativity and
ethnocentrism
Socialization
·
Nature vs. Nurture
· Symbolic Interactionist approach to
developing a self
Charles Horton
Cooley’s Looking-glass self
George Herbert
Mead’s “I & Me”
· Keys to Interaction
Default
assumptions
Definition
of the situation
Presentation
of self
· Important Concepts
Agents of
socialization
EXAM
·25 Multiple choice = 50 pts (2 pts
each)
· 2 Short answer = 2-4 pts
]
Total =15pts
· 1 Essay = 5-7
pts
A fictionalized set of results (similar to the violence on TV
assignment)
Explain why it’s garbage
· 70 % Lecture-short answer and essay
30 % Text-multiple choice
· Review complete
and accurate notes
· Use lecture
outline as review, key points, power point slides
· Look at italicized
and boldface concepts in text
· Know main points
of essays/readings
· Look at sample
questions
