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WorksheetsMust Know Sociologists
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who is considered the founder of Sociology?
Auguste Comte
Emile Durkheim
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Who believed each social institution plays a role in order for society to function?
Herbert Spencer
Karl Marx
Harriet Martineau
Max Weber
Who said there would be a revolution by the people that would lead to a classless society?
Herbert Spencer
Emile Durkheim
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Who stated that humans behave based on their understanding of the situation?
Auguste Comte
Emile Durkheim
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Who said that natural selection would ensure the "survival of the fittest" in society?
Harriet Martineau
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer
Who said social behavior must be explained by social factors instead of psychological factors?
W.E.B. DuBois
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Harriet Martineau
Who believed that change occurs in society, but it's temporary and necessary?
Auguste Comte
Karl Marx
Harriet Martineau
Max Weber
Who studied gender conflict?
Max Weber
C. Wright Mills
Harriet Martineau
W.E.B. DuBois
Who studied race conflict?
Max Weber
W.E.B. DuBois
Harriet Martineau
Karl Marx
Who wanted to use the scientific method to study human behavior?
Auguste Comte
Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
C. Wright Mills
Who is considered a founder of the conflict theory?
Emile Durkheim
Herbert Spencer
Max Weber
Karl Marx
Who is considered a founder of structural functionalism?
Emile Durkheim
Karl Marx
Max Weber
C. Wright Mills
Who is considered a founder of symbolic interactionism?
Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Harriet Martineau
Whose main concern for studying society was so that improvements could be made?
Auguste Comte
George Herbert Mead
Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Who stated that there is a similarity between women and slaves and how they are treated?
Solomon Asch
Harriet Martineau
Emile Durkheim
C. Wright Mills
Who coined the German term "Verstehen" that means putting oneself in someone else's shoes?
Max Weber
Charles Cooley
Karl Marx
Stanley Milgram
Who discussed and advocated for the role of women and children in society?
Herbert Spencer
C. Wright Mills
Emile Durkheim
Harriet Martineau
Who coined the term "Social Darwinism" and the idea that the fittest cultures will survive?
Herbert Spencer
Karl Marx
Sigmund Freud
Auguste Comte
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.
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
C. Wright Mills
Who studied the individual and how that individual related to society?
Max Weber
Auguste Comte
W.E.B DuBois
Jane Addams
Who believed that sociologists need to develop a "sociological imagination" to study how society affects individuals?
C. Wright Mills
Ida B. Wells
Talcott Parsons
Auguste Comte
Which of the following men coined the term "positivism" and is widely considered the father of sociology?
Auguste Comte
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
Which founder of sociology believed societies change due to class struggles?
George Herbert Mead
Emile Durkheim
Karl Marx
Hebert Spencer
Which sociologist translated Comte's work and whose own work focused mainly on women?
Max Weber
Talcott Parsons
Harriet Martineau
Jane Addams
This sociologist traced problems facing African Americans through social and economic history and later became the founder of the NAACP.
C. Wright Mills
W.E.B DuBois
Ida B. Wells
Talcott Parsons
Herbert Spencer described human society as having much in common with
animal societies.
the solar system.
the human body.
ecosystems.
Max Weber focused on the _____ influence on the movement from traditional thinking to rational thinking.
Protestant Reformation
Revolutionary War
internet
fall of communism
Karl Marx highlighted which of the following as a source of social change?
class conflict
diffusion of ideas from one culture to another
invention of new ideas and things
all of the above
Max Weber highlighted which of the following as a source of social change?
class conflict
rationalization
invention of new ideas and things
all of the above
Who stated that religion is the "opium of the people"?
Karl Marx
C. Wright Mills
Emile Durkheim
Charles Cooley
Charles Cooley referred to a small social group whose members share personal and enduring relationships as
an instrumental group.
an expressive group.
a primary group.
a secondary group.
According to the research of Solomon Asch, _____
people are willing to compromise their own judgement to avoid being seen as different by others.
people are often not truthful to people who are in power.
people are unwilling to compromise their own judgment to please authority figures.
people have weak self-images and seek social approval.
What is the sociological concept coined by Irving Janis for a limited understanding of some issue resulting from group conformity?
reference group consciousness
tunnel vision
in-group
groupthink
Which sociologist suggested the connection between history and biography to explain the sociological imagination?
Talcott Parsons
Herbert Spencer
C. Wright Mills
Emile Durkheim
Who was the first to propose that the scientific method could be applied to the study of social life?
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Karl Marx
Auguste Comte
Who validated the concept of the "iron law of oligarchy" which states that bureaucracy always means "the few rule many"?
Robert Michels
Edwin Sutherland
George Herbert Mead
Stanley Milgram
Which sociologists worked on behalf of those in poverty and founded the Hull House, a center to help women and children in Chicago.
Harriet Martineau
Ida B. Wells
Jane Addams
Carol Gilligan
Which sociologist coined the term "the looking-glass self"?
C. Wright Mills
W.E.B DuBois
Solomon Asch
Charles Cooley
Who raised and experimented on monkeys to evaluate the affect of nurture on social development?
Jean Piaget
Harry/Margaret Harlow
Sigmund Freud
Erving Goffman
The concepts of id, ego, and superego are associated with which of the theorists?
Jean Piaget
Charles Cooley
George Herbert Mead
Sigmund Freud
The imitation stage, play stage, game stage, and the concept of the generalized other are associated with the work of
Sigmund Freud.
George Herbert Mead.
Charles Cooley.
Lawrence Kohlberg.
Whose research focused on social development based on morals?
Sigmund Freud
Jean Piaget
Lawrence Kohlberg
Carol Gilligan
Who took Kohlberg's research on moral development one step further and noted the differences between boys and girls?
Harry/Margaret Harlow
Erving Goffman
Kinglsey Davis
Carol Gilligan
Which sociologist believed that life was about impression management and a theatrical representation which coined the term "dramaturgy"?
Erving Goffman
Travis Hirschi
Irving Janis
Stanley Milgram
Which sociologist was a major proponent of functionalism and studied manifest and latent functions?
C. Wright Mills
Robert Merton
Harold Garfinkel
Wilbert Moore
Who believed that cultural transmission takes place when behavior is learned through differential association - associating with groups different from the norm?
Robert Merton
Talcott Parsons
Max Weber
Edwin Sutherland
Who was the first sociologist to study sexuality?
Sigmund Freud
Kingsley Davis
Chalres Cooley
Ida B. Wells
Who created the social control theory - people can't control impulses because they lack self control and thus deviance occurs.
George Herbert Mead
C. Wright Mills
Travis Hirschi
Carol Gilligan
Which sociologist focused on values and norms common to the poor (culture of poverty)?
Oscar Lewis
Edwin Sutherland
Stanley Milgram
Wilbert Moore
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?
Talcott Parsons
Max Weber
Ida B. Wells
Karl Marx
