final exam study guide
SOCS350: Final Exam Study Guide
1. Some of the key concepts that will be covered include: (While these are key areas, remember that the exam is comprehensive for all assigned course content, and this study guide may not be all- inclusive).
• Institutional (structural) discrimination – Lecture 1
• Individual discrimination – Lecture 1
• Diversity – Chapter 1
• Averse racism – Chapter 3
• Social identity – Chapter 3
• Stereotypes – Chapter 3
• Neosexism – Chapter 3
• Sex segregation – Chapter 9
• Passing – Chapter 15
• Affinity groups – Chapter 16
• Difference between race, ethnic groups, and groups that are culturally different – Lecture 1
• Ideology – Lecture 2
• White ethnics – Lecture 1
• Assimilation – Lecture 3
• Acculturation – Lecture 3
• Prejudice and Discrimination – Lecture 3
• Miscegenation – Lecture 3
• Marginalization – Lecture 1
• Autonomy – Lecture 5
• Power – Lecture 5
• Ascribed and Achieved Status – Lecture 5
• Prestige – Lecture 5
• Socioeconomic status – Lecture 5
• Ethnocentrism – Lecture 1
• Definition of, types, and examples of triggers – Lecture 4
• Affirmative action – Lecture 7
• Majority (dominant) and minority (subordinate) group status – Lectures 1 & 5
• Ways that the dominant group maintains its dominance – Lectures 3 & 5
• Differences between and examples of material and non-material culture – Lecture 2
• Be able to discuss and give examples of the three dimensions of inequality (economics, power, and prestige) – Lecture 5
• American ideology and education – Lecture 7
• Native American history and demographics – Chapter 8
• Key facts about sexual orientation – Chapter 15
9. Issues that were discussed in the threads will be prime targets.
10. Reviewing the TCOs will also be a great preparation for the Final Exam which I have listed below for your convenience.
1 Given an example of the need to increase productivity in a workplace unit, such as a department of a large corporation, analyze the
1. Some of the key concepts that will be covered include: (While these are key areas, remember that the exam is comprehensive for all assigned course content, and this study guide may not be all- inclusive).
• Institutional (structural) discrimination – Lecture 1
• Individual discrimination – Lecture 1
• Diversity – Chapter 1
• Averse racism – Chapter 3
• Social identity – Chapter 3
• Stereotypes – Chapter 3
• Neosexism – Chapter 3
• Sex segregation – Chapter 9
• Passing – Chapter 15
• Affinity groups – Chapter 16
• Difference between race, ethnic groups, and groups that are culturally different – Lecture 1
• Ideology – Lecture 2
• White ethnics – Lecture 1
• Assimilation – Lecture 3
• Acculturation – Lecture 3
• Prejudice and Discrimination – Lecture 3
• Miscegenation – Lecture 3
• Marginalization – Lecture 1
• Autonomy – Lecture 5
• Power – Lecture 5
• Ascribed and Achieved Status – Lecture 5
• Prestige – Lecture 5
• Socioeconomic status – Lecture 5
• Ethnocentrism – Lecture 1
• Definition of, types, and examples of triggers – Lecture 4
• Affirmative action – Lecture 7
• Majority (dominant) and minority (subordinate) group status – Lectures 1 & 5
• Ways that the dominant group maintains its dominance – Lectures 3 & 5
• Differences between and examples of material and non-material culture – Lecture 2
• Be able to discuss and give examples of the three dimensions of inequality (economics, power, and prestige) – Lecture 5
• American ideology and education – Lecture 7
• Native American history and demographics – Chapter 8
• Key facts about sexual orientation – Chapter 15
9. Issues that were discussed in the threads will be prime targets.
10. Reviewing the TCOs will also be a great preparation for the Final Exam which I have listed below for your convenience.
1 Given an example of the need to increase productivity in a workplace unit, such as a department of a large corporation, analyze the