SOC 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dead End (Street), Social Movement, Militarism
MIDTERM REVIEW SOC 1
❖ No blue books and use pens not pencils!
❖ What to study:
➢ READING QUESTIONS
➢ Lecture Notes
➢ Key Concepts (up on Gauchospace, added after each unit is covered)
➢ Film Assignments
➢ Know names of films and authors of readings
❖ PARTS
➢ Short answer (1-3 sentences)
➢ Text ID (identify the source of certain quotes)
▪ You eed the author’s last ae ut the fil ou just eed the title
➢ True/False
❖ Essay Question
➢ Be concise and get straight to the point of the question
➢ Tests our ailit to thik ritiall ad lik oepts that e’e studied throughout the
course
➢ Reference the texts, movies and lectures as specifically as possible
➢ Have a short intro paragraph with a thesis (draw on questions that you need to answer
and the key concepts in the prompt)
➢ 2-3 paragraphs with 4-6 sentences of analysis/evidence
➢ Concluding paragraph where you sum up your key points
➢ Check: did you answer all the questions? Did you define all the key concepts?
❖ The Sociological Imagination
➢ Cheerful Robot: soldiers or factory workers who often have to follow the chain of
command that limit their ability to think critically, act to increase the efficiency of their
system, purposefully ignoring issues, conforms to society without question, DOES NOT
HAVE A SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
▪ Cheerful robot is the antithesis of freedom
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Document Summary
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