SOC 100 (PURDUE) EXAM 1 | 208 QUESTIONS | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
The study of human society Answer - Sociology
Applying analytical tools to something you have always done without much
conscious thought Answer - Thinking like a sociologist
Making the familiar strange Answer - sociological imagination
the quality of mind that enables one to see the connection between personal
troubles and social structures. Answer - Sociological Imagination
Who "invented" the sociological imagination? Answer - C. Wright Mills
A complex group of interdependent positions that, together, perform a social
role and reproduce themselves over time. Answer - Social Institution
Who are the founding fathers of sociological theory? Answer - Karl Marx, Max
Weber, and Émile Durkheim.
Some would say Georg Simmel too.
French scholar who invented what he called "social physics" or "positivism."
Answer - Auguste Comte
,An English social theorist who was the first to translate Comte into English.
Answer - Harriet Martineau
Wrote the Theory and Practice of Society in America and How to Observe
Morals and Manners Answer - Harriet Martineau
Created Marxism (an ideological alternative to capitalism) which provided the
theoretical basis for Communism. Answer - Karl Marx
elaborated a theory of what drives history, now called Historical Materialism.
Answer - Karl Marx
Theory which believed that it was primarily the conflicts between classes that
drove social change throughout history Answer - Historical Materialism, by Karl
Marx
Lived during the time of the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of
modern capitalism Answer - Karl Marx
Criticized Karl Marx for his exclusive focus on the economy and social class
Answer - Max Weber
most famous for his two-volume work Economy and Society and "The
Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" Answer - Max Weber
Suggests that sociologists approach social behavior from the perspective of
those engaging in it. In other words, a sociologist must understand the
meanings people attach to their actions. Answer - Verstehen, by Max Weber
, Wished to understand how society holds together and how modern capitalism
and industrialization have transformed the ways people relate to one another.
Answer - Émile Durkheim
Wrote The Division of Labor in Society and contributed work on Suicide to
sociology. Answer - Émile Durkheim
Argument that one of the main social forces leading to suicide is a sense of
normlessness resulting from drastic changes in living conditions or
arrangements.
, by ___ Answer - Anomie, by Émile Durkheim
Wrote about the methods of social science as well as religion in The
Elementary Forms of Religious Life Answer - Émile Durkheim
Often considered the founding practitioner of positivist sociology Answer -
Émile Durkheim
A strain within sociology that believes the social world can be described and
predicted by certain observable relationships. Answer - Positivist Sociology
Established what we today refer to as formal sociology (pure numbers) Answer
- Georg Simmel
A sociology of pure numbers, by ____ Answer - formal sociology, by Georg
Simmel
Provided formal definitions for small and large groups, a party, a stranger, and
the poor. Answer - Georg Simmel
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
The study of human society Answer - Sociology
Applying analytical tools to something you have always done without much
conscious thought Answer - Thinking like a sociologist
Making the familiar strange Answer - sociological imagination
the quality of mind that enables one to see the connection between personal
troubles and social structures. Answer - Sociological Imagination
Who "invented" the sociological imagination? Answer - C. Wright Mills
A complex group of interdependent positions that, together, perform a social
role and reproduce themselves over time. Answer - Social Institution
Who are the founding fathers of sociological theory? Answer - Karl Marx, Max
Weber, and Émile Durkheim.
Some would say Georg Simmel too.
French scholar who invented what he called "social physics" or "positivism."
Answer - Auguste Comte
,An English social theorist who was the first to translate Comte into English.
Answer - Harriet Martineau
Wrote the Theory and Practice of Society in America and How to Observe
Morals and Manners Answer - Harriet Martineau
Created Marxism (an ideological alternative to capitalism) which provided the
theoretical basis for Communism. Answer - Karl Marx
elaborated a theory of what drives history, now called Historical Materialism.
Answer - Karl Marx
Theory which believed that it was primarily the conflicts between classes that
drove social change throughout history Answer - Historical Materialism, by Karl
Marx
Lived during the time of the Industrial Revolution and the emergence of
modern capitalism Answer - Karl Marx
Criticized Karl Marx for his exclusive focus on the economy and social class
Answer - Max Weber
most famous for his two-volume work Economy and Society and "The
Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" Answer - Max Weber
Suggests that sociologists approach social behavior from the perspective of
those engaging in it. In other words, a sociologist must understand the
meanings people attach to their actions. Answer - Verstehen, by Max Weber
, Wished to understand how society holds together and how modern capitalism
and industrialization have transformed the ways people relate to one another.
Answer - Émile Durkheim
Wrote The Division of Labor in Society and contributed work on Suicide to
sociology. Answer - Émile Durkheim
Argument that one of the main social forces leading to suicide is a sense of
normlessness resulting from drastic changes in living conditions or
arrangements.
, by ___ Answer - Anomie, by Émile Durkheim
Wrote about the methods of social science as well as religion in The
Elementary Forms of Religious Life Answer - Émile Durkheim
Often considered the founding practitioner of positivist sociology Answer -
Émile Durkheim
A strain within sociology that believes the social world can be described and
predicted by certain observable relationships. Answer - Positivist Sociology
Established what we today refer to as formal sociology (pure numbers) Answer
- Georg Simmel
A sociology of pure numbers, by ____ Answer - formal sociology, by Georg
Simmel
Provided formal definitions for small and large groups, a party, a stranger, and
the poor. Answer - Georg Simmel
