SOC 001- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 28 pages long!)

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: Thomas E Macias

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C. wright mills: 20th century sociologist, 1950s, challenged dominant way of thinking of sociology at the time, critiqued culture at the time, said there was an unchallenging way of thinking. Ideas (cid:862)you (cid:449)ill i(cid:373)p(cid:396)o(cid:448)e you(cid:396) life (cid:272)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:271)y (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g he(cid:396)e(cid:863) It is not actually equal: family, strongly determines how we turn out, perform, early childhood socialization, lot of changes in past few decades, culture, how does society change over time, capitalism. Industrialization, efficiency: transformation of resources (manipulation, 19th, 20th century huge change in society, social movements, social change, mo(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts (cid:894)politi(cid:272)al, so(cid:272)ial, othe(cid:396)s (cid:895) Individualism in movements: what kind of people make up society, growing diversity. Immigration: socioeconomic class, we do(cid:374)"t all ha(cid:448)e e(cid:395)ual a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to e(cid:395)ual ki(cid:374)ds of edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374, major source of difference in the u. s. Inequality: race/ethnicity, tension, what do identities mean, gender, rights of transgender and gay marriage, political and fixed category, deviants, criminology, doing things that do not conform to society, not socially acceptable.