FINAL EXAM INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOCI 1210
FINAL EXAM WINTER 2014
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
- YOU MUST BRING YOUR STUDENT ID WITH YOU. YOUR FINAL EXAM WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR ID WITH YOU.
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- The exam is open book but no additional papers are allowed with you except the following. You may have in your text post it notes not larger than 3 x3 inches. If you are caught with additional papers you will be required to leave the examination room whether you have completed the exam or not. You should not assume you will have the time to check over all your answers using the textbook; |
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- You must have all your electronic devices turned off and stored away. If you are caught using such a device you will be required to leave the examination room whether you have completed the exam or not; |
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- You must bring with you your own pencils in order to complete the scantron cards. It is a good idea to bring more than one pencil and a good eraser if you need to change your answers; |
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- There are no bathroom breaks once the exam has begun. |
INSTRUCTIONS
The exam will comprise 50 multiple choice questions 2 points each for a total of 100 points. The exam will be primarily based on chapters 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. Note that in order to understand fully the materials of Chapter 4-8, you will need to have knowledge of the discussion from previous chapters as each chapter builds upon previous chapters. For example, you must know the material pertaining to capitalism and its various stages, how/why transitions occurred between stages, and corresponding categorization of people within each stage. You will also need to know:
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- Sociological imagination |
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- Order theories (functionalism in particular, e.g. stratification theory) and change theories (conflict theory, e.g. class analysis theory) as this pertains to the topics/concepts discussed in class and in the text |
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- Ideological justifications of social class and socio-economic status |
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- Sociological types of power, proximal and distal types of power |
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- Difference between SES & SC – only when the terms upper/middle/lower class are used does this not refer to SC, assume the term ‘class’ refers to SC |
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- Deviance, conformity and obedience (non-text reading & class material) |
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- 5 Contradictions of capitalism |
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- Dialectics |
The following are the concepts/topics/sections as well as the associated discussion from the Naiman text that you must know and understand, in addition to the above: (you may wish to peruse the subject index at the end of the text to review the places in the text a particular concept/idea has been introduced and discussed)
Ch. 4 - History - Feudalism – in depth coverage
Market, commodity
Proletariat & bourgeoisie
Capital
Industrial revolution
Nation states
Worldview – belief & value changes
Transition to capitalism
Capitalism
Capitalism in Canada
Progress
Petite bourgeoisie
Profit & growth
Labour power, private appropriation of surplus value
Different types/stages/changes of capitalism
Contradictions of capitalism:
Anarchy of production, crisis of overproduction
Financialization of economy
Social production vs private ownership
Globalization, imperialism
Power in capitalist societies
Ch. 5 Analyzing Social class
Socio-economic status (SES)
Social class (SC)
Stratification theory & Marxist oriented theories (class analysis)
Owning class, Working class
Proletarianism
Lumpenproletariat
Class consciousness
Development of social classes in modern capitalism
Unions & unionization, threats to unions/unionization
Ch.6 Living in Capitalist Societies
Restructuring of work
Precarious employment
Worker alienation
Health impacts
Culture of capitalism, consumerism
Narcissism
“we” to “me”
Social capital
Ch. 7 The Social Construction of Ideas and Knowledge
Ideology
Ideological hegemony
Liberalism
Equal opportunity
Equality of condition
Rights
Framing
Left and right wing political spectrum
Mass media/communication
Propaganda
Ownership & control of media
Education
Functionalism & conflict theory as this pertains to media and education
5th contradiction of capitalism: illusion of freedom of choice and of ideas while in reality only have choice of what is offered and what can afford
Ch. 8 The Role of the State
Public& private sphere
Elements of the state, modern state
Order theory & change theory understandings of the state: pluralism, functions of the state, neo-Marxism
Democracy
Voting
Lobbying
Taxation
Corporate welfare
Repressive state apparatus
Military
Surveillance, privacy, freedom
Prisons
Fascism
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