Benjamin Franklin.

Introduction

1. The exam will contain four questions, worth 15 points each.
2. All students will answer questions related to the Patriot Act and Global Warming.
3. Students can select 2 of 3 questions related to the topics: group conflict, social movements, and social change.
4. Be prepared to use your "sociological imagination" to interpret social problems from any of the three sociological perspectives.

Reading Assignments

Patriot Act (PowerPoint)

Midwest Immigration. (PowerPoint)

Global Warming (PowerPoint)

Group Conflict (PowerPoint)

Social Movements (PowerPoint)

Social Change (PowerPoint)

Class Notes

Discussion Questions

Questions Related to the Patriot Act

1. Describe the main provisions of the Patriot Act.
2. Describe two ways in which the White House claims that Patriot Act has helped secure the United States against acts of terrorism.
3. Describe the purpose of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
4. Describe two myths about the viability of the Patriot Act as asserted by the ACLU.

Questions Related to Immigration to the Midwest

1. Describe the term "brain drain" and its possible linkage with Latino/a immigration to the Midwest.
2. Use both the Structure-Functionalist and Marxian perspectives to interpret Latino/a immigration to the Midwest.

Questions Related to Global Warming

1. Describe three myths about the causes and consequences of global warming.

Questions Related to Group Conflict

1. Terrorism often is linked with "religious fanaticism." Describe how this association is both a myth and a reality.
2. Describe the factors that help mobilize persons and organizations to engage in acts of terrorism.
3. Describe two constraints faced by Americans in their attempts to stop acts of terrorism.
4. Describe the differences between "loner" and "group" terrorism. Which type of terrorism is more difficult to stop? Explain your answer.
5. Michael Ignatieff asserts that "The major ethical problem in democracies is not the absence or loss of stable, clear, ethical values, but simply living within the real constraints of the values we have." What does Ignatieff mean by this statement?

Questions Related to Social Movements

1. Define a social movement.
2. Describe the differences between reform and radical social movements.
3. Describe the functionalist perspectives of social movements.
4. Describe the conflict perspectives of social movements.
5. Describe a "triggering event" and the reason such events are effective in mobilizing people to engage in social movements.

Questions Related to Social Change

1. List three key features of a society that must be present for social change to occur.
2. Describe each of the elements of the innovation-decision process.
3. Why is education about social problems insufficient to gain change to reduce social problems?
4. Why does the diffusion perspective assert that endorsements by opinion leaders are central to bringing about social change?

Help Session

Help Session: The help session for this exam will be held on Sunday, May 4, 5:00 p.m., in Room 2432 Food Science.

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