Chapter 1 Quiz

A hypothesis can be defined as:

A testable proposition

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

Auguste Comte

Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Karl Marx were all advocates of:

Conflict theory

Weber's proposal of antipositivism influenced sociological researchers to ______ while examining different social worlds.

Gain a subjective understanding of human cultural norms

Qualitative sociology can be defined as:

In-depth interviews, focus groups, and/or analysis of content sources as the source of its data.

Alona is examining the impact of the 2011 Penn State scandal on student morale and school spirit by distributing number-scaled surveys in her Introduction to Sociology class. Alona is employing a _____ research method.

Quantitative

Sociology is defined as the:

Systematic study of society and social interaction.

Verstehen is defined by the text as:

To understand in a deep way.

____ believed that societies grew and changed as a result of the struggles of different social classes over the means of production and greatly favored ____.

Karl Marx; Communism

Please define C. Wright Mill's sociological imagination

How individuals understand their own and others' pasts in relation to history and social structure.

_____ view society as a structure with interrelated parts designed to meet the biological and social needs of individuals who make up that society.

Structural Functionalists