Sociology Unit One: Intro to Sociology

What is sociology? 

• scientific study of the brain

• scientific study of human behavior

• scientific study of society and human behavior

• scientific study of society and the brain

Who is considered the founding father of sociology? 

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

What is the social science that studies mental processes and behavior?

• history

• anthropology

• psychology

• sociology

Which sociologist help founded the NAACP?

• Emile Durkheim

• Harriet Martineau

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Herbert Spencer

Which sociological perspective states "work together to create stability and order"?

• Structural Functionalist

• Conflict Theorist

• Symbolic Interactions

Which sociological perspective states "interactions among people based on mutually understood symbols"?

• Structural Functionalist

• Conflict Theorist

• Symbolic Interactions

Which sociological perspective states "society is always at a constant struggle for power and resources"?

• Structural Functionalist

• Conflict Theorist

• Symbolic Interactions

Going beyond the individual and understanding how structural forces shape individuals and their action

• Sociological Perspective

• Sociological Imagination

• Cognitive Elements

• Structural-Functionalism

Social science that studies human societies, their interactions, and the processes that preserve and change them

• Ethnography

• Anthropology

• Philosophy

• Sociology

The lens that an individual chooses to view the scope of society from

• Sociological Imagination

• Sociological Perspective

• Sociology

• Anthropology