SOCIOLOGY - FOUNDERS

Who is considered the found father of Sociology?

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

• Herbert Spencer

• Max Weber

This theorist appied Darwin's ideas to society believing that competition between groups will result in the survival/success of the fittest.

• Herbert Spencer

• Harriet Martineau

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

Created the concept of verstehen meaning that sociologist should study from the viewpoint of individuals and rejected positivism.

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

• Emile Durkheim

• Max Weber

Classified history into three groups. Theological (religion), Metaphysical (natural) and positivity (science).

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Herbert Spencer

• Max Weber

Who studied gender conflict?

• Max Weber

• Karl Marx

• Harriett Martineau

• Emile Durkheim

Who studied race conflict, believed that race held African Americans back in society and formed the NAACP.

• Max Weber

• Karl Marx

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Emile Durkheim

The study of Society and Social Interaction

• Economics

• Psychology

• Sociology

• Government

Studied the increasing rates of depression and suicide during the Industrial Revolution.

• Emile Durkheim

• Ferdinand Tonnies

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Herbert Spencer

Studied social class conflict and increasing gap between rich and poor, created the idea of communism and believed that the poor would rise up and revolt against the wealthy

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Karl Marx