SOCIOLOGY REVIEW  JANUARY 2005  (Term 2 is more at the bottom)

Bring a calculator to class for your analysis assignment on the exam!! Also, bring something with a long straight edge to lay across the data sheet.

Rituals:

You are responsible for the information on the "Circle of Life"  handout (three pages, six sides) you received in class (and on my webpage, the file is called "Rituals"). 

Sociological Theoretical Perspecitves:

Know how to explain funcitonalism, structuralism, cultural materialism and sociobiology.  Be able to explain explain some sociological behaiour by using one of these four theories.  For instance, be prepared to explain prostitution from a functionalist perspective, or racism from a structuralist perspective.

You are responsible for the Questions on Basic Sociology (handout, pp 17-27).  This is the one that deals with the Nuer Ghost Marriage.  The information is found on my website under the title "Aspects of Culture."  
Also, review your notes on the Fore of Papua New Guinea.

Social Sciences:

You are responsible for knowing the differences between Sociology, Anthropology and Psychology.  These were discussed in Canada Sociology in the Massacre at Montreal (Marc Lepine story.)  It is on my webpage as well.  Know also the information covering how to conduct a scientific experiment (four methods covered in Canada Sociology book) and in particular, the Durkheim study on suicide.  In keeping with our scientific research methods, be prepared on your exam to analyze and interpret the data you contributed on your Grocery Data Sheet.  I will provide the collective data for you on the exam.  Know the 5 steps Durheim used in his suicide study.

Brain Development and Intelligence.

Feral Children

You are responsible for the information covered regarding feral children: Kamala and Amala, Victor and Genie.  Know also about the development of language. (See notes on my webpage if you have lost your notes or don't have them.)  There is another sheet we covered called "Mother Tongue."  (It's on my webpage as well.)   Know the characteristics discussed in class on "What it means to be human." 

The meaning of being human.

Infant Development:

You are to know about how babies develop normally by following the notes given in class.  Many are on my webpage under "Infant Development."  Know also the information discussed in class in the section called "Baby watching."  Know how to read and interpret the Denver Chart.  Be familiar with child development.

Suzuki on sex

The nature of intelligence

defend or refute a thesis statement

Babies till speech,

Questions Why do adults feel protective towards babies?

Imprinting = to make an impression that cannot be erased.

In vogue = in fashion

Wax and wane = to grow and diminish

Fleeting = passing quickly (fleeting moment)

Copious = plentiful

Weaning = taking off milk and introducing soft food.

Feral = wild

Breakdown of the languages making up English = German (circa 30%), Latin (circa 60%), Greek (most of the 10% left), other languages.

Reasons why scientists feel that Africa is the home of humans:
DNA studies, fossil record,  Mother Tongue

Protolanguage = slow, deliberate, without grammar (Genie spoke it)

8 questions on intelligence

ethnocentrism = feeling that one's group is superior.

Nadir = low point

Notes on brain development

Altruistic = sacrificing oneself for another's benefit.

Egoist = self-centred

Anomie (anomic) = the state of feeling detached, unconnected, feeling a lack of purpose.

Case study = studying an individual's history to gather information.

Survey = polling a population for specific information.

Controlled experiment = an experiment designed to determine the cause of a problem.

Participation observation = noting by observing while in the event.

Independent variable = the thing that changes over several trials.  It is the thing that causes the effects observed.

Dependent variable = the thing that does not change over several trials.

Correlation = a coincidence that may or may not point to a cause.

Nacirema Vocabulary:

Supplicant = one who asks humbly

Thaumaturge = magic

Ablution = cleaning one's body

Wattle and daub = a framework of woven rods and twigs covered and plastered with clay and used in building construction

Rapport = a relation with someone marked by harmony.

Ethos = moral nature, or guiding beliefs

incarcerate = to put in prison

Opulence = great wealth

Punctilious = picky, concerned with details

Barbarity = acting in a wild manner

Lacerate = to cut

Cultural Values, Norms and Sanctions.

Norms = group-shared rules of behaviour.

Values = shared assumptions about what is good, right or important.

Sanctions = rewards or punishments that a society sets up to enforce the norms.

Folkways = the customs of a people that are not of critical importance to the survival of a society.

Mores = rules of behaviour that are very important since violation would endanger the basic stability of a society.

Polygamy = having more than one wife.

Polyandry = having more than one husband.

Material culture = all the material things that are found in one's culture.

Descent = lineage

Bilateral = on both sides

Matrilineal = from the mother's side.

Patrilineal =  from the father's side.

Menarche = the beginning of the menstrual function.

Menses = the onset of menstrual flow (period)

Patriarchy = rule by men

Matriarchy = rule by women

Cultural universals = events that appear in nearly, or in, all cultures.

Three phases of rituals  (think caterpillar, cocoon, butterfly): in society, isolated for given time, return to society as a "new" person.

Cicatrize = to scar

Bris = Jewish circumcision

Debutant = one making a debut, appearing for the first time.

Cotillion = a coming-out ball.

Coming-out Ball = a ball to "announce" the maturity of girls.

Clitoridectomy = removal of the clitoris.

Shaman = the psychologist, magician, healer of a tribe.

Monogamy = having one spouse.

Self-fulfilling prophecy = behaving in a way so that expectations are met.

Freudian slip = a slip of the tongue that is motivated by and reveals some unconscious aspect of the mind. (often the truth slips out here)

blue collar = working class

white collar = professional class.

indigenous = local to the area.
meritocracy = getting ahead because one earns (merits) the advancement.

SOCIOLOGY VOCABULARY: Sorry for any repeats:

Condescending attitude

Babies are endowed with the power to… equipped

Visually adept = visually skilled

Cacophony of sound = mixed and unharmonized sounds

Security sated = security full

Sleep with mom in a hovel = a poor shack, house, dwelling

Copious (plentiful) tears

Smiling is innate (inborn), unique to our species

Interest will wane (decrease)  if novelty is lost (Interest waxes and wanes)

Weaning = taking a child off breast milk and introducing solid food.

Babies who sleep with the parents don’t cry as much as babies who sleep alone.

Imprinting = etching on the mind.

In vogue = in fashion.

Fleeting moment = a quickly passing moment

Survival is paramount (utmost importance)

Feral (wild) child

Anatomists and their ilk. = type or kind.

Forbidden experiment = isolating someone to study the effects on their ability to learn. (what happens if this goes on beyond puberty?)

Critical Period Hypothesis = if you don't learn a language before puberty, you will not be able to learn it like a native speaker.

Not a nice little bourgeoise (upper class) deaf kid

Read philosophy astutely = with great insight

Examined tactilely (by touch)

Sleep spindles = bunched up graph lines that suggest mental retardation.

Stimulus = something that causes a reaction.

Latent = hidden

Hoard = gather large amounts

Defecate = to poop

Hue = a shade of colour

Entourage = a group a people surrounding an important person.

Surrogate (substitute) parent

Linguistic (dealing with language) coup (blow, breakthrough, accomplishment)

Ambiguity = unclearness, puzzling

Diabolic = relating to the devil

Depositions = statements given at the police station

The analogy (with Genie just hit home.

Empathize = to feel what another person is feeling.

Unencumbered = unhindered, nothing in the way stopping you.

Upping the ante (the initial amount)

Euphoria = a most wonderful feeling of well being

Preening = cleaning and grooming

Fight or flight response = a term describing the instinctive behaviour of a person to defend or flee from a situation.

Socialization = the process of making people understand how to behave in their culture.

Slang = a language tied to the main language of a culture, but differing in many ways.

Kuru = the trembling disease among the Fore.

Cannibalism = one human eating another.

Ethnocentric = believing that one's own group is better than others.

Upstarts = troublemakers

Norms = the behaviours in a society that people in the society consider to be appropriate.

Mores = actions that threaten the fabric of society.

Opportunist = one who exploits the weaknesses of others.

Wodaabe = a nomadic tribe in Niger.

Calabashi = a wooden bowl used by many tribes in Africa.

Genitor = the bilogical father in a culture

Pater = the "role" father in a culture.

Paraphernalia = clothing and equipment

Thaumaturge = miracle

Neophyte = beginner, newcomer to a situation

Parturition = delivering a baby

Hypermamary = large breasts

Sadism = taking delight in inflicting pain on another.

Masochism = taking delight on receiving pain from another.

Ablution = a cleansing.

Excreta = poop

Cicatrize = to scar

Liminal = threshold, border

Incantations = using verbal charms or spells

Freudian Slip = saying what you are really thinking.

Tripartite = made up of three parts

Peyote (side locks)

Rites of passage = cultural experiences that one goes through in order to enter another phase in life. (example: girl to woman)

Prepubescent = before puberty

Pubescent = at the age of puberty

Menarche = in the onset stage of puberty

Clitoridectomy = removal of the clitoris

Androgyny = having both male and female characteristics

supplicant = one who asks earnestly for help

Catechumen = catechism graduate

Hallucinogens = substances that induces visions

Bar mitzvah = coming of age ceremony for Jewish boys.

Bat mitzvah = coming of age ceremony for Jewish girls.

Virility = quality of being a man.

Transvestism = dressing in the clothing of the opposite sex.

Cotillion = coming of age = debutant ball

A last vestige (part, remains)

Transitional (bound to change) phase

Shaman = tribal person who acts like the medicine man, psychologist, and spiritual guide.

Prostrate (prostration) = to lie flat on the ground

Circumscribe (to limit) a period of mourning

The Communist Manifesto terms:

manifesto

commune

bourgeoisie

proletariat

capitalism

white collar worker

blue collar worker

kibbutz

Marx and Engels

imperialism

More words: Words 1,  Words 2 (some are repeated)

Remember, the general topic of this term is the examination of issues dealing with power and control.  The following topics will be covered on the test:

1.     Milgram experiment.  Know the setup of the experiment and why Milgram performed it.  Know the conclusions Milgram arrived at and what it means to our society.  Know the factors that lead a person to follow an authority figure. See MILGRAM EXPERIMENT

2.     What are the rules of power?  Can you see these applied in your society?  Do they have to exist?  See Rules of power. 

3.     Eichmann Trial – this activity was important for practicing our logical skills and analyzing the testimony of the Nazi war criminal.  We analysed premises and determined if they were reasonable or not.  There were also lots of words learned during this section of the course.  Make sure you know how to detect a premise in the writings of people like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Adolf Eichmann, and Wolfgang Droege.  Check your notes for all vocabulary.  See EICHMANN

4.  Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels:  THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO.  Know the ten points forming the backbone of the Communist Manifesto discussed in class.  Again, the source we used is on my website. The manifesto reveals the ideology of these two men.  Know what ideology means. See
Communist Manifesto, Communist Manifesto

6.     Political spectrum: know the difference between what is meant by left wing and right wing politics.  What ideologies are held by each side?  What does each side think about:  taxes, gun control, capital punishment, medicare, welfare, unemployment insurance, abortion, and immigration.  Be knowledgeable about where the Canadian and American parties sit on the political spectrum.
Parliamentary system versus the Republic of the United States of America.  Know what points both have in common, and some major differences between the two political systems.  There is also a major vocabulary list that goes along with this.  See HATE LITERATURE: ONLY FOR ANALYSIS, Parliamentary System, The Republic, Parliamentary System versus Republic, POLITICAL VOCABULARY, Editorial analysis, schematas of Canadian and American governments.

7.  Here are the student-generated REVIEW QUESTIONS!  Ignore the areas we did not cover.

Good luck!!!