Unit 1: Intro to Sociology

What is Sociology?

• the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

• the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.

• the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.

• the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.

Which theory believes that people in society battle over scarce resources like money, power, and prestige?

• Conflict

• Structural Functionalism

• Symbolic Interaction

• Feminist

Conflict theory is primarily based on the work of

• Karl Marx

• August Comte

• Emile Durkheim

• Max Weber

Functionalism is the sociological perspective that emphasizes the symbolic nature of human interactions

• True

• False

What is the definition of functionalism?

• the study of the probability that any given individual has for upward social mobility

• the study of the way people function in groups

• the study of the function of a social activity to determine the contribution that the activity makes to society as a whole

• the conservative response to the Social Reform movement

Who is often considered the founder of modern sociology and emphasized the importance of understanding social facts?

• Emile Durkheim

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

Which sociological perspective is associated with George Herbert Mead?

• Conflict

• Positivism

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Functionalism

__________________________________ emphasizes that people can communicate because they share words, gestures and physical objects that have similar meaning to all of them.

• Feminist

• Conflict Theorists

• Functionalists

• Symbolic Interactionists

The distribution of power is most important in which of the following sociological perspectives?

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Conflict Theory

• Functionalism

• Positivism

What is culture?

• The material objects that distinguish a group of people such as their art, buildings, weapons, hairstyles, clothing and machines.

• Ideas passed from one group of people to another generation

• The language, beliefs, values, norms and even physical objects that have been passed down from one generation to the next.

• A groups way of thinking and viewing the world.