AMST 142 Midterm Exam Questions Answered Correctly Rated A+
ideology - Answers -a system of beliefs that we develop to explain the world around us
- the mental frameworks which different classes and social groups deploy in order to make sense of,
define, figure out the way society works
-There are a lot of ideologies, and many contradict each other
-How does one ideology become very influential and the other not so much? - Answers What is the
problem of ideology?
negative conception of ideology - Answers says ideology distorts reality and inhibits us from
understanding how the world works
neutral conception of ideology - Answers says that it is impossible to see the world outside of ideologies,
what reality is is an inner play between ideologies
slavery - Answers Race was created as an explanation for...
1. Race is biology 2. Race doesn't exist 3. Race is a social construction - Answers Name the 3 approaches
to race:
race - Answers -a concept which signifies and symbolizes social conflicts and interests by referring to
different types of human bodies
-a category you're placed into based on society and how you experience the world around you
ethnic identity, cultural background - Answers Ethnicity is...
an identity that is formed by the perception that others have of you, assumption others make of you by
experience - Answers What is racialization?
racism - Answers a racial project that creates or reproduces structure of dominance based on
essentialist categories
essentialism - Answers the idea that all people that share a racial identity are the same
-if someone has x (racial identity) they must have y (characteristic)
1. Essentialism 2. Power - Answers Racism requires 2 ingredients:
prejudice - Answers Having negative or biased feelings about a particular group
-no backing of power
racial formation - Answers a sociohistorical process by which racial categories are created, inhabited,
transformed, and destroyed
, -racial categories are dynamic and fluid, constantly changing
history; biology - Answers Race is _____, not ______
Biology
Socially constructed categories
How someone identifies - Answers Assigned sex is:
Gender is:
Gender identity is:
mise-en-scene, shot, montage - Answers Visual style includes:
Narrative, continuity, sound - Answers Film form includes:
Production, distribution, exhibition - Answers Economic includes:
genre, star, auteur - Answers Hollywood includes:
Location/setting
costume/makeup
blocking
performance - Answers Mise-en-scene includes:
Voiceovers
lighting and color
seeing race and place
seeing/performing race
telling stories with images - Answers What isn't mise-en-scene?
Wide shot (deep focus): whole body, head to toe
Medium shot (deep focus): waist up
Close-up (shallow focus): anything from shoulders up - Answers The Shot: Distance
use of different lenses to add depth or make things look very shallow
Narrow angle lens: Flattens depth
ideology - Answers -a system of beliefs that we develop to explain the world around us
- the mental frameworks which different classes and social groups deploy in order to make sense of,
define, figure out the way society works
-There are a lot of ideologies, and many contradict each other
-How does one ideology become very influential and the other not so much? - Answers What is the
problem of ideology?
negative conception of ideology - Answers says ideology distorts reality and inhibits us from
understanding how the world works
neutral conception of ideology - Answers says that it is impossible to see the world outside of ideologies,
what reality is is an inner play between ideologies
slavery - Answers Race was created as an explanation for...
1. Race is biology 2. Race doesn't exist 3. Race is a social construction - Answers Name the 3 approaches
to race:
race - Answers -a concept which signifies and symbolizes social conflicts and interests by referring to
different types of human bodies
-a category you're placed into based on society and how you experience the world around you
ethnic identity, cultural background - Answers Ethnicity is...
an identity that is formed by the perception that others have of you, assumption others make of you by
experience - Answers What is racialization?
racism - Answers a racial project that creates or reproduces structure of dominance based on
essentialist categories
essentialism - Answers the idea that all people that share a racial identity are the same
-if someone has x (racial identity) they must have y (characteristic)
1. Essentialism 2. Power - Answers Racism requires 2 ingredients:
prejudice - Answers Having negative or biased feelings about a particular group
-no backing of power
racial formation - Answers a sociohistorical process by which racial categories are created, inhabited,
transformed, and destroyed
, -racial categories are dynamic and fluid, constantly changing
history; biology - Answers Race is _____, not ______
Biology
Socially constructed categories
How someone identifies - Answers Assigned sex is:
Gender is:
Gender identity is:
mise-en-scene, shot, montage - Answers Visual style includes:
Narrative, continuity, sound - Answers Film form includes:
Production, distribution, exhibition - Answers Economic includes:
genre, star, auteur - Answers Hollywood includes:
Location/setting
costume/makeup
blocking
performance - Answers Mise-en-scene includes:
Voiceovers
lighting and color
seeing race and place
seeing/performing race
telling stories with images - Answers What isn't mise-en-scene?
Wide shot (deep focus): whole body, head to toe
Medium shot (deep focus): waist up
Close-up (shallow focus): anything from shoulders up - Answers The Shot: Distance
use of different lenses to add depth or make things look very shallow
Narrow angle lens: Flattens depth
