Unit 1: Intro to Sociology

What is sociology? 

• scientific study of the brain

• scientific study of human behavior

• scientific study of society and human behavior

• scientific study of society and the brain

Who is considered the founding father of sociology? 

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

What is the social science that studies mental processes and behavior?

• history

• anthropology

• psychology

• sociology

These range in size from a family to an entire society

• social network

• group

• friends

• acquaintances

Which sociologist help founded the NAACP?

• Emile Durkheim

• Harriet Martineau

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Herbert Spencer

Which sociological perspective states "work together to create stability and order"?

• Structural Functionalist

• Conflict Theorist

• Symbolic Interactions

Which sociological perspective states "interactions among people based on mutually understood symbols"?

• Structural Functionalist

• Conflict Theorist

• Symbolic Interactions

Which sociological perspective states "society is always at a constant struggle for power and resources"?

• Structural Functionalist

• Conflict Theorist

• Symbolic Interactions

Which theory describes a major theory or idea of Auguste Comte?

• The Law of Three Stages, in which human history has evolved to believing that the world and its people can be investigated and understood scientifically.

• That humanity has evolved into a complex modern society in which individuals are now interdepended and must rely on each other to function as a whole.

• In this new modern society a new relationship has formed, Gesellshaft, which based on mutual transactions (teacher-student) rather than unconditional or mutual satisfaction (parent-child).

• Social Darwinism is the justification for why there is disparity in society, that if people are better off it's because they earned it, if they are struggling it's because they didn't try hard enough.

Which theory describes a major theory or idea of  Emile Durkheim?

• The Law of Three Stages, in which human history has evolved to believing that the world and its people can be investigated and understood scientifically.

• That humanity has evolved into a complex modern society in which individuals are now interdepended and must rely on each other to function as a whole.

• In this new modern society a new relationship has formed, Gesellshaft, which based on mutual transactions (teacher-student) rather than unconditional or mutual satisfaction (parent-child).

• Social Darwinism is the justification for why there is disparity in society, that if people are better off it's because they earned it, if they are struggling it's because they didn't try hard enough.