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Must Know Sociologists

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is considered the founder of Sociology?

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Max Weber

2.

Who believed each social institution plays a role in order for society to function?

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Harriet Martineau

d)

Max Weber

3.

Who said there would be a revolution by the people that would lead to a classless society?

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Max Weber

4.

Who stated that humans behave based on their understanding of the situation?

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Max Weber

5.

Who said that natural selection would ensure the "survival of the fittest" in society?

a)

Harriet Martineau

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Max Weber

d)

Herbert Spencer

6.

Who said social behavior must be explained by social factors instead of psychological factors?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Max Weber

d)

Harriet Martineau

7.

Who believed that change occurs in society, but it's temporary and necessary?

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Harriet Martineau

d)

Max Weber

8.

Who studied gender conflict?

a)

Max Weber

b)

C. Wright Mills

c)

Harriet Martineau

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

9.

Who studied race conflict?

a)

Max Weber

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Harriet Martineau

d)

Karl Marx

10.

Who wanted to use the scientific method to study human behavior?

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

C. Wright Mills

11.

Who is considered a founder of the conflict theory?

a)

Emile Durkheim

b)

Herbert Spencer

c)

Max Weber

d)

Karl Marx

12.

Who is considered a founder of structural functionalism?

a)

Emile Durkheim

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Max Weber

d)

C. Wright Mills

13.

Who is considered a founder of symbolic interactionism?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Max Weber

d)

Harriet Martineau

14.

Whose main concern for studying society was so that improvements could be made?

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

George Herbert Mead

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Emile Durkheim

15.

Who stated that there is a similarity between women and slaves and how they are treated?

a)

Solomon Asch

b)

Harriet Martineau

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

C. Wright Mills

16.

Who coined the German term "Verstehen" that means putting oneself in someone else's shoes?

a)

Max Weber

b)

Charles Cooley

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Stanley Milgram

17.

Who discussed and advocated for the role of women and children in society?

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

C. Wright Mills

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

Harriet Martineau

18.

Who coined the term "Social Darwinism" and the idea that the fittest cultures will survive?

a)

Herbert Spencer

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Auguste Comte

19.

Who believes that society is like a living organism - every organ plays a role for survival. His beliefs led to the development of the functionalist perspective.

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Max Weber

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

C. Wright Mills

20.

Who studied the individual and how that individual related to society?

a)

Max Weber

b)

Auguste Comte

c)

W.E.B DuBois

d)

Jane Addams

21.

Who believed that sociologists need to develop a "sociological imagination" to study how society affects individuals?

a)

C. Wright Mills

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Talcott Parsons

d)

Auguste Comte

22.

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

a)

Auguste Comte

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Max Weber

d)

Emile Durkheim

23.

Which founder of sociology believed societies change due to class struggles?

a)

George Herbert Mead

b)

Emile Durkheim

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Hebert Spencer

24.

Which sociologist translated Comte's work and whose own work focused mainly on women?

a)

Max Weber

b)

Talcott Parsons

c)

Harriet Martineau

d)

Jane Addams

25.

This sociologist traced problems facing African Americans through social and economic history and later became the founder of the NAACP.

a)

C. Wright Mills

b)

W.E.B DuBois

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Talcott Parsons

26.

Herbert Spencer described human society as having much in common with

a)

animal societies.

b)

the solar system.

c)

the human body.

d)

ecosystems.

27.

Max Weber focused on the _____ influence on the movement from traditional thinking to rational thinking.

a)

Protestant Reformation

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

internet

d)

fall of communism

28.

Karl Marx highlighted which of the following as a source of social change?

a)

class conflict

b)

diffusion of ideas from one culture to another

c)

invention of new ideas and things

d)

all of the above

29.

Max Weber highlighted which of the following as a source of social change?

a)

class conflict

b)

rationalization

c)

invention of new ideas and things

d)

all of the above

30.

Who stated that religion is the "opium of the people"?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

C. Wright Mills

c)

Emile Durkheim

d)

Charles Cooley

31.

Charles Cooley referred to a small social group whose members share personal and enduring relationships as

a)

an instrumental group.

b)

an expressive group.

c)

a primary group.

d)

a secondary group.

32.

According to the research of Solomon Asch, _____

a)

people are willing to compromise their own judgement to avoid being seen as different by others.

b)

people are often not truthful to people who are in power.

c)

people are unwilling to compromise their own judgment to please authority figures.

d)

people have weak self-images and seek social approval.

33.

What is the sociological concept coined by Irving Janis for a limited understanding of some issue resulting from group conformity?

a)

reference group consciousness

b)

tunnel vision

c)

in-group

d)

groupthink

34.

Which sociologist suggested the connection between history and biography to explain the sociological imagination?

a)

Talcott Parsons

b)

Herbert Spencer

c)

C. Wright Mills

d)

Emile Durkheim

35.

Who was the first to propose that the scientific method could be applied to the study of social life?

a)

Emile Durkheim

b)

Max Weber

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Auguste Comte

36.

Who validated the concept of the "iron law of oligarchy" which states that bureaucracy always means "the few rule many"?

a)

Robert Michels

b)

Edwin Sutherland

c)

George Herbert Mead

d)

Stanley Milgram

37.

Which sociologists worked on behalf of those in poverty and founded the Hull House, a center to help women and children in Chicago.

a)

Harriet Martineau

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Jane Addams

d)

Carol Gilligan

38.

Which sociologist coined the term "the looking-glass self"?

a)

C. Wright Mills

b)

W.E.B DuBois

c)

Solomon Asch

d)

Charles Cooley

39.

Who raised and experimented on monkeys to evaluate the affect of nurture on social development?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Harry/Margaret Harlow

c)

Sigmund Freud

d)

Erving Goffman

40.

The concepts of id, ego, and superego are associated with which of the theorists?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Charles Cooley

c)

George Herbert Mead

d)

Sigmund Freud

41.

The imitation stage, play stage, game stage, and the concept of the generalized other are associated with the work of

a)

Sigmund Freud.

b)

George Herbert Mead.

c)

Charles Cooley.

d)

Lawrence Kohlberg.

42.

Whose research focused on social development based on morals?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Jean Piaget

c)

Lawrence Kohlberg

d)

Carol Gilligan

43.

Who took Kohlberg's research on moral development one step further and noted the differences between boys and girls?

a)

Harry/Margaret Harlow

b)

Erving Goffman

c)

Kinglsey Davis

d)

Carol Gilligan

44.

Which sociologist believed that life was about impression management and a theatrical representation which coined the term "dramaturgy"?

a)

Erving Goffman

b)

Travis Hirschi

c)

Irving Janis

d)

Stanley Milgram

45.

Which sociologist was a major proponent of functionalism and studied manifest and latent functions?

a)

C. Wright Mills

b)

Robert Merton

c)

Harold Garfinkel

d)

Wilbert Moore

46.

Who believed that cultural transmission takes place when behavior is learned through differential association - associating with groups different from the norm?

a)

Robert Merton

b)

Talcott Parsons

c)

Max Weber

d)

Edwin Sutherland

47.

Who was the first sociologist to study sexuality?

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Kingsley Davis

c)

Chalres Cooley

d)

Ida B. Wells

48.

Who created the social control theory - people can't control impulses because they lack self control and thus deviance occurs.

a)

George Herbert Mead

b)

C. Wright Mills

c)

Travis Hirschi

d)

Carol Gilligan

49.

Which sociologist focused on values and norms common to the poor (culture of poverty)?

a)

Oscar Lewis

b)

Edwin Sutherland

c)

Stanley Milgram

d)

Wilbert Moore

50.

Which sociologist brought Durkheim's work to the U.S. and created the theory of "social system" meaning all social units could be studied and analyzed in its own right?

a)

Talcott Parsons

b)

Max Weber

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Karl Marx