Sociology: Perspectives & Founders Review

What is the systematic study of human society to understand its development, structure, and functions?

• Economics

• Psychology

• Sociology

• Government

What are unintended consequences?

• Manifest functions

• Latent functions

• Sociological perspective

• Seeing the general in the particular

Who coined the phrase "survival of the fittest"?

• Herbert Spencer

• Emile Durkheim

• Max Weber

• Karl Marx

Who is considered the Father of Sociology?

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

• Emile Durkheim

Who studied gender conflict?

• Max Weber

• Karl Marx

• Harriett Martineau

• Emile Durkheim

Who believed society has distinct parts with different functions?

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Herbert Spencer

• Emile Durkheim

Who studied race conflict?

• Max Weber

• Karl Marx

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Emile Durkheim

Who wanted to use the scientific method to study human behavior?

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Emile Durkheim

Who believed capitalism led to an "iron cage"?

• Harriett Martineau

• Emile Durkheim

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

Who studied the experience of the individual?

• Max Weber

• Karl Marx

• Auguste Comte

• Emile Durkheim