Sociology- Unit 1

Who is considered the Father of Sociology

• Karl Marx

• Harriet Martineau

• Auguste Comte

• Herbert Spencer

Considering what a person is going through to see things from their perspective would be an example of what?

• Social statics

• proletariat

• Positivism

• Verstehen

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

A sociologist studying the struggle between teachers on strike and the state education board and the attempt to bring about change would be best served using which sociological perspective?

• Functionalism

• Conflict Perspective

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Sociological Perspective

Which of these is NOT one of the 3 Sociological Perspectives?

• Functionalism

• Conflict Perspective

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Sociological perspective

Tom wants to understand how school prepares young people for their future roles in society...which Sociological perspective would best fit this approach

• Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic interactionism

Sociologists systematically study social behavior in human groups and...

• look for patterns

• use a cross-generational approach

• treat the information as definitive

• look for conflicts