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theory final exam review sheet

 The final exam is scheduled for 10:30am Thursday December 10 and will be administered online-only in Canvas.


The final exam covers Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Robert Merton, and C. Wright Mills.


You should be able to define and discuss all of the following terms, and all of the lectures and assigned readings on these three theorists:


Charlotte Perkins Gillman

Gender Inequality

Women and Economics (1898)

Nuclear family

Gender socialization

Sex differences

Women’s economic independence from men

Public day care

Cooperative kitchens


C. Wright Mills

The Sociological Imagination

The Power Elite

White Collar

Triangle of Power

Robert Merton

Manifest functions

Latent functions

Unintended consequences

Rain dance

Anti-gambling laws

Voluntary organizations

The Communist Party

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Role model

Middle-range theory




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