Sociology - Unit 1

Who is considered the Father of Sociology

• Karl Marx

• Harriet Martineau

• Auguste Comte

• Herbert Spencer

The study of why an INDIVIDUAL acts or feels the way they do is which social science?

• Sociology

• Psychology

• Anthropology

• History

Which social science would study the production and distribution of goods and services

• Economics

• Government

• History

• Sociology

The scientific study of society is called what?

• Sociology

• Social Science

• History

• Government

Getting an education at school is what type of function?

• Manifest Function

• Latent function

Which sociological perspective would focus on the cultural norms of the importance of the flag to a country.

• Functionalism

• Conflict Perspective

• Symbolic Ineractionism

Which early sociology thinker proposed that society would eventually consist of only 2 classes; the bourgeoisie and proletariat

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

This social science studies societies that are PRELITERATE.

• Anthropology

• Sociology

• Economics

• Psychology

A sociologist studying the conflict between teachers on strike and the state education board would be best served using which sociological perspective?

• Functionalism

• Conflict Perspective

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Sociological Perspective

This pioneering sociologist compared society to the human body and how all the different parts work together.

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx