Sociology Foundations

Structural Functionalism is known as the ______________.

• Order Model

• Conflict Model

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Rationality

Sociology is a social science.

• True

• False

Sociological conclusions must be drawn on what?

• Gut Feeling

• Opinion

• Logical and Empirical Basis

• First Person Knowledge

Sociology only deals with large social institutions, not person to person interactions

• True

• False

According to Marx, what is the basis of societal conflict?

• Ideas

• Inequalities

• Change

• Opinions

Who is considered the "Father of Sociology"?

• Peter Berger

• Alexis de Tocqueville

• Karl Marx

• August Comte

To Weber, what is "rationality"?

• Logic

• Empirical

• Efficiency

• Money

Which Sociological paradigm sees society as a whole whose individual parts work toward for the betterment of the whole.

• Social Conflict Theory

• Structural Functionalism

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Conflict Model

Who coined the term "Sociological Imagination"?

• G.H. Mead

• Karl Marx

• C. Wright Mills

• Auguste Comte

What does is mean for a conclusion to be logical?

• It is true

• It makes sense

• It is the best decision

• It doesn't make sense