Weeks 1 & 2:

·      What is sociology? (definitions / as different from other disciplines / as defined by Comte & Durkheim)

·      When / why did it start?

·      What is Social Status? Ascribed Status? Achieved Status? (recognize examples of each)

·      What is Comte’s “Law of 3 stages”?

·      What are Durkheim’s concepts of Mechanical and Organic Solidarity?

·      What does Durkheim mean by “Social Facts”?

·      How did Durkheim study Suicide? What are the types of suicide?

·      What are Tonnies’ concepts of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft relationships? Can you identify examples of each?

·      Be sure to review the other early sociologists (Marx/Weber/Spencer) from your review sheet

·      How to read a table / figure

Week 2:

·      What is the “Sociological Imagination”? 

o  personal troubles and public issues

o  the intersection of biography and history

o  False Conscious

·      Be sure to review the data on families in Chapter 2

·      Review your notes from Chapter 1 of the FOREST and the TREES!

o  what is the relationship between social systems and individuals?

Vocabulary of Science:

·      independent and dependent variables

·      positive and negative relationships

o  Be able to recognize both in hypotheses (like our worksheet)

·      operational definitions 

o  What are the two rules of writing operational definitions (and what do they mean?)?

Week 2 & 3:

·      What are the two research traditions in sociology?

·      What are the main methods used by sociologists? 

·      What is the Hawthorn Effect?

·      What is a random sample?

·      What is the best method for different types of research questions?

·      What does triangulation mean?

·      Rules of Evidence and Judgment

·      Logical Fallacies

o  Fallacies of Presumption: Hasty Generalization, False Bifurcation, False Cause (Spurious Association), Post Hoc Fallacy

o  Fallacies of the Wrong Level: Ecological Fallacy, Reductionist Fallacy