Topic 3: Theoretical perspective & founding fathers

Who, among the following coined the term sociology?

• Auguste Comte
• Edward Burnett Tylor
• Emile Durkheim
• Karl Marx

Who was first to coined the term “survival of the fittest” ?

• Auguste Comte
• Charles Darwin
• Herbert Spencer
• Max Weber

According to Karl Marx, alienation refers to ______________________________________

• thought of society as an area where different groups struggles and  compete for survival
• feelings of indifferences and hostility not only to work, but overall framework of industrial production within capitalist setting
• any aggregate of persons who perform the same function in the organization of production
• the organization of social and economic life according to principles of efficiency and on the basis of technical knowledge

The concept of ‘rationalization’ came from_______________________

• Karl Marx
• Max Weber
• Emile Durkheim
• Herbert Spencer

The concept of ‘anomie’ came from ______________________

• Max Weber
• Emile Durkheim
• Karl Marx
• Auguste Comte

Traditional cultures with low division of labour Most members of society are involved in similar occupations and have similar values Bound together by common experience and shared beliefs.
 The above statements refer to

• Anomie
• Social facts
• Mechanical solidarity
• Organic solidarity

Conflict theory:

• began with Malinowski when conducting fieldwork
• sees society as system of highly interrelated parts that work together harmoniously
• focuses heavily on inequality
• focuses on the interaction among people

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

•   Conflict theory
• Symbolic interactionism
• Functionalism
• None of the above

Symbolic interactionism was developed by :

• Harold Garfinkel
• Erving Goffman
• George Herbert Mead
• All of the above

Conflict theory is grounded in the work of

• Harold Garfinkel
• Karl Marx
• George Herbert Mead
• None of the above