soc - unit 1 exam review

__________ is the study of society and human behavior.

• Natural science

• Science

• Psychology

• Sociology

___________ is credited as being the founder of sociology.

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Karl Marx

• Herbert Spencer

Who said there would be a revolution by the people that would lead to a classless society?

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

• Emile Durkheim

• Max Weber

Who said natural selection would ensure the survival of the fittest people in society?

• Harriet Martineau

• Max Weber

• Emile Durkheim

• Herbert Spencer

What is the German word for "putting yourself in someone else's shoes"?

• Verstehen

• Empathy

• Weber

• Deutsch

Who, among the following coined the term 'sociology'?

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

Conflict theory:

• began with Durkheim 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 describes which major sociological perspective?

• Conflict theory

• Symbolic interactionism

• Functionalism

• None of the above

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

• Functionalist
• Conflict Theory
• Symbolic Interactionist
• Structuralist

Emile Durkheim was considered the founder of:

• Structural Functionalism

• Social Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism