Sociology Unit 1 Test Review

Who is known as the father of sociology for his coining of the term?

• Auguste Comte
• Herbert Spencer
• Emile Durkheim
• Harriet Martineau

Which of the following most precisely defines the word "sociology"?

• the study of human behavior
• perspective study of sociologists
• study of cultural behavior
• scientific study of social structure

Which best explains the relationship between psychology and sociology?

• Both focus on goods and services.
• Sociology focuses on the group, while psychology focuses on the individual.
• Both focus primarily on the interaction between human populations.
• Both focus on the theory of government.

When you try to understand your friend's feelings by placing yourself in her situation, you are using...

• Verstehen
• Positivism
• Rationalization
• Conformity

What is sociological perspective?

• ability to see connection between larger world and our personal lives
• understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context

Who is considered to be the founder of Sociology and first applied scientific method to studying society?

• Auguste Comte

• Lief Erikson

• Donald Duck

• Herbert Spencer

Who believed that conflict and inequality in economic/social class were the determinants of social behavior?

• Emile Durkheim

• Karl Marx

• Adam Smith

• Marl Karx

Who believed that societies could best be understood by looking only at individuals' behaviors and motivations?

• King Louis XV

• Tom Brady

• Auguste Comte

• Max Weber

The ability of a sociologist to connect broad, abstract phenomena to personal experiences:

• Symbolism

• Sociological Imagination

• Structural Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

a thing that represents an idea or language

• more
• culture
• instincts
• symbol