Unit 1 Review - Sociology

What sociologist is known for developing conflict theory?

• Durkheim

• Merton

• Marx

• Mr. Jacobson

What paradigm follows the approach of “all things happen for a reason”?

• Structuralism

• Functionalist

• Marginalization 

• Conflict Theory

Which of the following is NOT Comte’s three stages of society?

• Theological Stage

• Scientific Stage

• Social Stage

• Metaphysical Stage

What is social structure?

• Any relatively stable pattern of social behavior

• The consequences of any social pattern for the operation of society as a whole

• A framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability

• Any stable pattern of social theory

Which sociologist is considered to be the “father of sociology”?

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber

• Auguste Comte

• Peter Berger

The systematic and scientific study of human society is… 

• Paradigm

• Symbolic Interactionism

• Sociology

• Functionalism

Ability to take the viewpoint for different perspectives

• sociological imagination
• social pychology
• conflict perspective
• dysfunction

Approach emphasizing the role of conflict, competition, and constraint within a society

• symbolic interactionism

• functionalism

• conflict perspective

• dysfunction

approach that emphasizes the contributions made by each part of society and how they work together

• symbolic interactionism

• functionalism

• conflict perspective

• dysfunction

focuses on the interactions among people based on mutually understood symbols and how they hold value to an individual

• symbolic interactionism

• functionalism

• conflict perspective

• dysfunction