The first exam will consist of a combination of multiple choice, true/false, matching, identification, and essay questions. The exam will cover chapters from the text, reader, lectures, video’s, and any other supplementary materials that have been handed out. The exam is worth 100 points consisting of approximately 50 questions.

Healey Ch 1-4

Readings: Tatum, Omi & Winant, McIntosh, Frye, Arboleda, “The Problem”, Sklar

Video: The Eye of the Storm

Key Concepts:

Sociology, Society, minority group and characteristics, racial group, race, racism, ideological racism, ethnic group, ethnicity, culture, gender, stratification, inequality, social class, social structure, miscegenation, prestige, social mobility, prejudice, discrimination, stereotypes, selective perception, immigration, emigration, genocide, segregation, melting pot, amalgamation, assimilation, pluralism, ethnic enclave, middleman minority, self-fulfilling prophecy, social distance, symbolic racism, relative vs. absolute deprivation, jigsaw method, institutional discrimination, total discrimination, glass ceiling, symbolic or modern racism

Theories, perspectives, hypotheses:

Positivism, Functionalist theory, Conflict theory, Interactionist theory, Creation of subordinate-group status—migration, annexation, colonialism, consequences of subordinate-group status—extermination, expulsion, secession, segregation, fusion, assimilation, pluralism, dimensions of assimilation, Race relations cycle theory, Gordon’s theory of assimilation, types of assimilation and pluralism, Merton’s typology of prejudice and discrimination, dimensions of prejudice, Scapegoat hypothesis, authoritarian personality theory, The vicious cycle, normative approach, exploitation theory, split labor market theory, robbers cave experiment