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HSP3U –January 2015 – Sociology Review Sheet #1
Name: ______________________________
Are you curious about why some your friends think or act differently than you do? Do you ever
wonder how things were different for teenagers when your parents or grandparents were young?
Are you ever suspicious that your teachers aren’t giving you the real story about something that
has happened at your school? Do you ever speculate about why some families are rich and some
are poor, why some people commit crimes and other people do not, or why some students are
popular and others have no friends? If so, you are enrolled in the right course, because
sociologists think about these things too.
Identify the significant contributions of the following influential sociologists:
Emile Durkheim
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Ibn Khaldun
Outline the key ideas of the major sociological schools of thought:
Key Ideas
Structural Functionalism
How they can be used to
understand social behaviour?
Symbolic interactionism
Conflict Theory
Feminist Perspective
Identify and describe the main research methods that are used for conducting sociological research:
Surveys:
Case Studies:
Observations:
Secondary analysis of statistical results:
Content Analysis:
Focus Groups:
Describe, from a sociological perspective, how diverse factors influence and shape individual and group
behavior.
Describe
Social Norms and Expectations
Social Structures
Social Sanctions
Influence?
Socio-economic Status
Conformity
Obedience
Discrimination
Groupthink
Explain the relationship between prejudice and individual and systemic discrimination and describe their
impacts on individuals and society:
a. On the basis of gender:
b. Race:
c. Socio-economic status:
d. Sexual Orientation:
e. Ability:
f.
Religion:
g. Age:
h. Appearance:
Describe how structural changes take place in the following social institutions:
a. Family
b. Religious Institutions
c. Legal/political System
d. Education System
e. Health System
f.
The Military
Example question: How have environmental initiatives affected your school and local institutions?
Or
To what extent have the events of September 11th, 2001, changed our social institutions?
Describe ways in which social structures (eg economy, family, class,
gender, race) affect individual and group behavior?
What are some ways in which diverse agents of socialization affect people’s life decisions?
(what are the main agents of socialization?)
Which agents of socialization have the most influence on you and your peers? On your family? On
public figures?