SOAN 201 Final, Fall 2007

SOAN 201 Final Examination January 30, 2008 Professor Samir Khalaf Time: 2hrs. Part I (60%) Write a brief and focused essay on one of the following: 1. Suppose that you are asked, as a sociologist, to study the nature of stratification and social mobility within a community. • Identify and account for some of the concepts or considerations you are likely to employ in your study. • Point out how various theoretical perspectives are prone to look at stratification. • Consider some of methods or research techniques you are likely to employ in your study. 2. In our discussions of sex and gender it was pointed out how such discrimination continue to account for the devaluation of women. What, in your view, is involved in such ideologies of sexism? Identify how basic institutions in society are today accountable for the exclusion, segregation and exploitation of women. Provide examples from your readings in support of your arguments. Part II (40%) Distinguish clearly and identify the basic features of four of the following sets of concepts. Where possible provide illustrations from your readings to support your discussion. 1. Marx and Weber’s theory of class 2. George Mead and Freud’s views on socialization 3. Deviance as a label 4. Endogamy vs. Exogamy 5. Ritualism and Retreatism