Sociology Unit 1 Review

Who, among the following coined the term 'sociology'?

• Emile Durkheim
• Auguste Comte
• Karl Marx
• 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

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

Sociological imagination enables us to

• challenge stereotypes
• see how wider social forces connect with our personal biographies
• challenges our basic impulses to see aspects of life as inevitable or natural
• All of the above

Who, among the following is the founder of 'functionalism' in Sociology ?

• Max Weber
• Auguste Comte
• Emile Durkheim
• Karl Marx

Sociology is the scientific study of social structure

• True

• False

What Perspective or "ism" looks at the working class and the rich?

• Feminism

• Interactionism

• Functionalism

• Marxism

Society has an influence on an indidviduals personality and beliefs.

• False

• True

Who coined the term, "survival of the fittest""

• Auguste Comte

• Charles Darwin

• Herbert Spencer

• Harriet Martineau