Intro to Sociology

Who is considered the found father of Sociology?

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

• Herbert Spencer

• Max Weber

Who said there would be a revolution by the people that would lead to a classless society?

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

• Emile Durkheim

• 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

Two major historical events that contributed to the emergence of Sociology:

• Industrial revolution and Mass agriculture
• Cultural revolution and Age of Enlightenment
• Age of Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution
• All of the above

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

The _____perspective focuses on how individuals act with one another in daily situations. 

• Functionalist
• Conflict Theory
• Symbolic Interactionist
• Structuralist

A group of people who share a culture and a territory is known as a(n) __________.

• global group

• extended family group

• society

• global village

the ability of the individual to see the relationship between events in their personal lives and events in society

• sociological imagination

• sociological theory

• sociological abstracts

• sociological relationships

perspective that emphasizes conflict, competition, change and constraint within a society

• Functionalism

• Socialism

• Conflict

• Symbolic Interactionism