Sociology Scholars Quiz

Who is considered as the father of sociology?

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Émile Durkheim

• Herbert Spencer

Who translated Comte's works into English?

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Émile Durkheim

• Herbert Spencer

Who is known as the 'Father of Modern Sociology'?

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Émile Durkheim

• Max Weber

Who coined the expression 'survival of the fittest'?

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Émile Durkheim

• Herbert Spencer

Whose theories formed a sociological perspective called conflict theory?

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Jane Addams

• W. E. B. Du Bois

His ideas profoundly influence social theory and research.

• Max Weber

• Herbert Spencer

• Robert E. Park

• Karl Marx

Was an important leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage in the United States and advocated for world peace.

• Jane Addams
• Harriet Martineau

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

Used community studies to underscore the significance of race in American society; believed that sociologists should be involved in social reform as well as academic study.

• Max Weber
• Karl Marx
• Emile Durkheim
• W.E.B. Du Bois

was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States.

• Booker T. Washington
• W.E.B Dubois

• Julian Samora

• Robert E. Park

Is an American urban sociologist who is considered to be one of the most influential figures in early U.S. sociology. Was a pioneer in the field of sociology, changing it from a passive philosophical discipline to an active discipline rooted in the study of human behavior.  ecology, racial and ethnic relations, migration, assimilation, social movements, and social disorganization.

• Robert E. Park
• Max Weber
• Karl Marx
• Emile Durkheim