FHHM1114 Introduction to Sociology (Topic 1)

Who is considered the founder of Sociology?

• Auguste Comte

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

What is the German word for "putting yourself in someone else's shoes"?

• Empathy

• • Wohlwollen

• • Mitempfinden

• Verstehen

Conflict theory ___________:

• sees society as system of highly interrelated parts that work together harmoniously

• focuses on the interaction among people

• focuses heavily on inequality

• focuses on function and dysfunction

Emma wrote an essay criticizing the college admissions process, arguing that heavy competition and limited educational resources make admission difficult for the average student. Which perspective would Emma’s argument fall under?

• Functionalist Perspective

• Conflict perspective

• Symbolic-interactionist perspective

• Dysfunctional perspective

Each part of society works together for the benefit of the whole much like a living organism. This refers to ________.

• Functionalist perspective

• Conflict perspective

• Symbolic-interactionist perspective

• There is no specific answer

The ability of the individual to see the relationship between events in their personal lives and events in society is known as ________.

• sociological theory

• sociological relationships

• sociological fact

• sociological imagination

Perspective that emphasises on competition, class struggle and constraint within a society is _________.

• Functionalism

• Conflict

• Symbolic

• Interactionism

Sociological imagination enables us to:

• challenge stereotypes

• challenge our basic impulses to see aspects of life as inevitable or natural

• see how wider social forces connect with our personal views

• All of the above

__________ was one of the first female sociologists and focused on the inequalities between the sexes.

• Jane Adams

• Emile Durkheim

• Harriet Martineau

• Sigmund Freud

_________ highlights gender relations and gender inequality as important determinants of social life.

• Marxist

• Feminist

• Symbolic

• Functionalist