Sociology Quiz 1

The founding father of sociology

• Pierre Bourdieu 
• Auguste Comte
• C.Wright Mills
• Emile Durkheim

Who coined the term "sociological imagination"?

• Pierre Bourdieu  
• Auguste Comte
• C. Wright Mills 
• Henri de Saint-Simon

According to Karl Marx, what defines the historical clash between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat?

• sociological perspective

• class conflict

• latent functions

• verstehen

1.  Who is the British Sociologist that came up with the term Social Darwinism _____________________.

• Robert Merton
• Talcott Parsons
• Herbert Spencer
• None of these

What is sociology?

• it studies Humans and everything they do.

• It studies humans and animals and human behaviour

• It studies of human society and human behaviour

• It studies everything

Which of these answers describes what culture means?

• The social organisations and social relationships that form the 'building blocks' of society.

• The various organised social arrangements which are found in all societies

• The way of life of a particular society or social group

• Beliefs about what is important, what is worth having, what is right and wrong

Which of these answers describes what norms mean?

• Social expectations or rules about how people should behave. Guides to behaviour

• They are things which give sense and significance to people's experiences.

• The way of life of a particular society or social group

• Beliefs about what is important, what is worth having, what is right and wrong

Any social group that a person belongs to is a ______.

• Perspective

• Nurture

• Behavior

• Society

Which of the following men coined the term positivism, and is widely considered the father of sociology?

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Émile Durkheim

____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production and greatly favored ____.

• Durkheim; Communism

• Max Weber; Positivism

• Karl Marx; Communism

• Comte; Antipositivism