Sociology Introduction

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Who coined the term 'sociology'? Options: Emile Durkheim, Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Max Weber

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Auguste Comte

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Conflict theory

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focuses heavily on inequality

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Each part of society works together for the benefit of the whole much like a living organism.

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Functionalism

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In science, a hypothesis that has been confirmed through numerous tests is known as:

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a theory

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Sociological imagination

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The ability to look for and wonder about the relationships among people and events.

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Sociology is a study of

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the ways that people are affected by and affect society

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Sociological imagination enables us to:

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Challenge stereotypes, see how wider social forces connect with our personal biographies, and challenge our basic impulses to see aspects of life as inevitable or natural.

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Why is social science not considered an exact science?

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Because it involves making predictions about mainly unpredictable humans.

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The _____sees society on a micro scale as interactions among people based on mutually understood symbols

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Symbolic Interactionist

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Karl Marx proposed that society would be better if all classes would rise up and fight until there was only one class of people. This is ____theory.

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Conflict