SociologyG11-Ch.1-Lesson 2 Quiz

Stressed that people behave based on their own understanding of a situation

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

Writer who believed that there is conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat

• Karl Marx

• Auguste Comte

Considered founder of sociology as distinct subject; studied basic issues of order and change

• Herbert Spencer

• Auguste Comte

Believed the structure of society is influenced by how its economy is organized; his emphasis on conflict led to conflict theory

• Emile Durkheim

• Karl Marx

Influenced by Darwin’s biological model of society; social change and unrest are natural occurrences in evolution toward stability and perfection

• Herbert Spencer

• Max Weber

Focused on effect of society on individual; with Verstehen one puts oneself in the place of others to see through their eyes to understand the actions of individuals

• Emile Durkheim

• Max Weber

Concerned with problem of social order; held functionalist view of society; study what is directly observable.

• Emile Durkheim

• Karl Marx

Manifest function is Unintended and unrecognized consequence of an element of society.

• True

• False

Interactionist Perspective focuses on the interaction of individuals with each other.

• True

• False

Functionalist Perspective focuses on elements that create competition and change.

• True

• False