Sociology Introduction

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 refers to 

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

In science, a hypothesis that has been confirmed through numerous tests is known as:

• a theory
• an opinion
• an assumption
• speculation

Sociological imagination is a term coined by

• Pierre Bourdieu
• Max Weber
• C.Wright Mills
• Ibnu Khaldun

Sociology is a study of

• prehistoric societies
• fossil record of human evolution
• the ways that people are affected by and affect society
• 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

Who, among the following is the founder of 'functionalism' in Sociology ?

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

Because we make predictions about mainly unpredictable humans Social Studies is not:

• A real subject
• A model
• An exact science
• A hypothesis

A German scholar, a lawyer by trade, coined terms bourgeoisie and proletariat, predicted class conflict.

• Booker T. Washington

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber