Sociology 2111 Study Guide, Exam One
I. Multiple choice. Be able to define, identify, and/or use the following:
a. alienation
b. pauperization
c. proletarianization
d. bourgeoisie
e. capitalism
f. socialism
g. Jim Crow racism
h. morals and manners (Martineau)
i. Industrial Revolution
j. Protestant ethic
k. bureaucracy (legal rational authority)
l. charismatic leader
m. patrimonial administration (traditional authority)
n. types of domination (Martineau)
o. Wells-Barnett's analysis of lynching
p. Cooper and equilibrium
q. French Revolution
r. superstructure
s. economic base
t. status group
u. ideal type
v. value free sociology
w. class consciousness
x. class conflict
y. power
z. Tocqueville
aa. Marx
bb. Weber
cc. Comte
dd. Cooper
ee. Wells-Barnett
ff. Du Bois
ee. "Roger and Me"
ff. "The American Dream at Groton"
gg. "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: Fighting Back"

II. ESSAY QUESTIONS. Essay questions will come from the following list.

1. In Marx's view, how do societies change, and why does that change in the long run create progress? What are the ways in which trends since Marx's time support his theories about change and what are the ways in which that history doesn't seem to fit?

2. Compare (similarities) and contrast (differences) Tocqueville and Martineau in the way they studied American society and the conclusions they reached.

3. How did Weber's analysis of stratification differ from Marx's analysis? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, and what kinds of people would be apt to find each approach more appealing?

4. What are the most important features of bureaucracy in Weber's analysis, how does bureaucracy relate to rationalization, and what were Weber's concerns about bureaucratization?

5. Draw on the social theorists we've treated thus far (whichever you find most helpful) to support C. Wright Mills contention that without the sociological imagination, we end up being victimized by large-scale social forces that we do not understand?

6. What were DuBois's most important contributions to sociology? How and why did he come to be "written out" of the mainstream of sociological theory?

7. What do the "women founders" treated thus far (Martineau, Wells-Barnett, Cooper) add to the development of sociology that was either missing or less apparent in the work of the "male founders?"