SOCY 100 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Sociology, Symbolic Interactionism, Socialization
12 Oct 2018
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SOCY 100
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
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Opening Question: How do we know whatever it is we know?
●Stereotypes
●Where they live
●Personalities
●Race
●Education / schools
●Wealth
●Gender
●Religion
●Living Conditions
●Year / Time Content
Vocabulary:
●Social Facts: Noble relevant sociological knowledge that when combined with your
experiences enable you to make predictions about future outcomes
What’s different between the kids
●Technology (Eric had a computer)
●Schooling
●Talking
●LGBTQ issues
●Religion
Jobs the children wanted
●Comedian
●Lawyer
●Manual Labor
●Policeman
●Marine Biologist
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The Economy
I. Economic Sociology: The study of how the material conditions of life are produced and
reproduced through social processes
A. The field of economic sociology can be separated into the sociology can be
separated into the sociology of markets and the sociology consumption. The
sociology of markets views markets as socially constructed areas where repeated
exchanges occur between buyers and seller under a set of formal and informal
rules governing relations between competitors, suppliers, and customs. Markets
are dependent on governments, laws/policy, and cultural understandings that
support market activity
B. There are four bodies of work that provide different views on the mechanisms by
which markets are organized: networks, institutions, political economy, and
market devices and performativity
C. The sociology of consumption situates consumption in the problem of what
consuming things means to people
1. One core idea is that consumption is about how people constitute their
lifestyles. Lifestyles can be constructed in emulation of other groups or
instead by the competition between social groups for status
2. Another aspect of consumption is how morals and meanings affect what
goods can be bought and sold. Scholars have explored why some products
can and cannot be commoditized and how that has evolved over time.
II. What are some problematic aspects of our economy?
A. Potential economic social problems
1. Inequality
B. Others
1. Poverty
2. Hunger
3. Unemployment
4. Homelessness / affordable housing
5. Wages and/or benefits
6. Debt
7. College tuition
a) 1980s → per credit hour is $38, Undergrad tuition (In state) $670,
Undergrad tuition (out of state) $2,390
8. Corruption of markets / monopolies
III. What kind of Economy do we have?
A. Capitalism
B. US has mainly a service economy transitioned from what used to be a
manufacturing economy
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Document Summary
Social facts: noble relevant sociological knowledge that when combined with your experiences enable you to make predictions about future outcomes. Economic sociology: the study of how the material conditions of life are produced and reproduced through social processes. The economy: the field of economic sociology can be separated into the sociology can be separated into the sociology of markets and the sociology consumption. The sociology of markets views markets as socially constructed areas where repeated exchanges occur between buyers and seller under a set of formal and informal rules governing relations between competitors, suppliers, and customs. Lifestyles can be constructed in emulation of other groups or instead by the competition between social groups for status: another aspect of consumption is how morals and meanings affect what goods can be bought and sold. Scholars have explored why some products can and cannot be commoditized and how that has evolved over time.
