Final Prep 9: Sociology

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__________ is the study of society and human behavior.

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Sociology

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Auguste Comte is credited as being the founder of __________.

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sociology

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In the eyes of __________, society consists of connected parts working together as a whole.

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functionalists

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Who was the founder of conflict theory?

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Karl Marx

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Conflict theory: focuses heavily on inequality in society, class system

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focuses heavily on inequality in society, class system

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The _____perspective focuses on how individuals act with one another in daily situations.

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Symbolic Interactionist

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What is a society?

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a group of people that share a culture or territory

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Emile Durkheim was considered the founder of:

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Structural Functionalism

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Who compared society to a biological organism and helped create social Darwinism?

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Herbert Spencer

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This approach to sociology is concerned with how symbols affect us through words, gestures, facial expressions and sounds is called

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symbolic interactionism