Sociology Exam 1

Who is said to be the father of Sociology?

• Herbert Spencer

• Auguste Comte

• Emile Durkheim

• Max Weber

Who coined the phrase “survival of the fittest”?

• Karl Marx

• Emile Durkheim

• Max Weber

• Herbert Spencer

Which theory does not belong as a sociological perspective?

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Interactionism Functional

• Functional Analysis

• Conflict Theory

W. E. Du Bois

• Was primarily a novelist

• Became a revolutionary Marxist and moved to Ghana

• Collected work from others rather than creating his own

• Grew up in an era virtually free of racism

Human relationships are examined by

• The social sciences

• All science

• Natural sciences

• Mathematics

The first goal of science is to

• Contradict previous research

• Prove what commonsense is right

• Stick with a single case, not the broader group or situation

• Explain why something happens

Max Weber said that Sociology should be

• Class conscious

• Value free

• Guided by personal values

• Guided by personal values

Karl Marx believe that the engine of human history is

• Class conflict

• Reconciliation

• Democracy

• Communism

Face to face interaction is the focus of analysis in

• Any sociological viewpoint

• Functional analysis

• Conflict theory

• Symbolic interactionsim

Nonmaterial culture refers to a groups

• Ways of think and doing

• Eating utensils

• Weapons

• Art