Introduction to Sociology

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

• Social facts
• Mechanical solidarity
• Organic solidarity
• All of the above

Sociological imagination enables us to

• challenge stereotypes
• see how wider social forces connect with our personal biographies
• challenges our basic impulses to see aspects of life as inevitable or natural
• All of the above

The founding father of sociology

• Pierre Bourdieu 
• Auguste Comte
• C.Wright Mills
• Emile Durkheim

Who coined the term "sociological imagination"?

• Pierre Bourdieu  
• Auguste Comte
• C. Wright Mills 
• Henri de Saint-Simon

What two terms does Durkheim use to explain how societies grow and change over time ? 

• social solidarity and industrial solidarity 
• class solidarity and political solidarity
• mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity 
• collective solidarity and individual solidarity 

According to Karl Marx, what defines the historical clash between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat?

• sociological perspective

• class conflict

• latent functions

• verstehen

What term refers to the systematic study of social behavior and social structure?

• Anthropology

• Human Geography

• Psychology

• Sociology

1.  Who is the British Sociologist that came up with the term Social Darwinism _____________________.

• Robert Merton
• Talcott Parsons
• Herbert Spencer
• None of these

She was one of the first female sociologists and focused on the inequalities between the sexes.

• Jane Adams
• Emile Durkheim
• Harriet Martineau
• None of these

Who are the Bourgeoisie?

• The working class

• The rich/ owners