20 questions
What is Sociology?
The human who studies scientific systems
The science of how chemicals interact with each other
The systematic study of human society
The study of ancient societies and history
Why do Sociologists study human interactions?
To solve problems in society
To help us find balance between desires and demands
To understand the world in new and different ways
All of the Above
__________ is the ability to see the connection between the larger world and your own personal life.
Marxism
Sociology
Sociological Imagination
Functionalist Perspective
__________ is a group of people who share a culture and a territory.
Sociologist
Country
Society
Social Science
Sociologists look for __________ in people rather than _________.
Patterns; individual actions
Social status; money earned
Good things; bad things
Individual actions; patterns
Your __________ is a way of classing yourself by race, social class, gender, etc.
Max Weber
Social location
Self portrait
Sociological immagination
Who is the "Founder of Sociology"?
Max Weber
James Rossetti
Karl Marx
Auguste Comte
Comte believed that social ________ held society together, and social _________ helped society change through defined processes.
Media; Society
Behaviors; Behaviors
Statics; Dynamics
Status; Change
Herbert Spencer was heavily influenced by __________________.
Adolf Hitler
James Rossetti
Max Weber
Charles Darwin
Spencer's Social Darwinism said that only the ____________ of society would survive over time.
Best aspects
Worst features
Unifying factors
Wealthy
A __________ is the use that an interdependent part of society serves to society.
Function
Social Location
Communism
Durkheim believed that sociologists should only study features of society that are ___________________.
Clear and obvious
Directly observable
Thought and felt by the people
Right and wrong
Which of these revolves around thinking as if you were the one being studied?
Symbolic interaction
Sociological imagination
Ideal Type
Verstehen
Which of the following did Weber say should be studied by sociologists?
The interactions of humans and animals
Only observable facts and data
Feelings and thoughts of individuals
The impact of wealth and economic classes
The ____________ is the perfect scenario a factor or system in society can exist in.
Ideal Type
Communist Manifesto
Perfect Situation
Social Statics
A _______ is an explanation of the relationships between events.
Conflict
Theory
School of thought
Weber
What are symbols?
Tendencies people have to draw funny memes
Groups within society rather than society as a whole
The only important factors
Objects, gestures, words, etc. that hold an agreed upon meaning
Which Sociological Perspective suggests that people constantly compete for power over each other?
Conflict Perspective
Interactionist Perspective
Functionalist Perspective
Which Sociological Perspective suggests society is a set of parts which work together to make society stable?
Conflict Perspective
Functionalist Perspective
Interactionist Perspective
Which Sociological Perspective focuses on how individuals interact with one another?
Conflict Perspective
Functionalist Perspective
Interactionist Perspective
Max Weber's beanie