Chp.1 Quiz

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

Auguste Comte

A paradigm can be defined as:

Philosophical and theoretical frameworks used within a discipline to formulate theories, generalizations, and the experiments performed in support of them.

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

While examining the recent mortgage crisis, a sociologist would consider all but which of the following factors?

The number of U.S. economic analysts

The sociologist who developed the concept of the power elite was ________.

Wright Mills

According to Durkheim, which of the following is NOT a social fact?

a custom, law and religious beliefs are social facts

Political science teacher Mr. Jones asks his students to study how social media can influence public opinion by "following" famous activists, academics, and politicians on Twitter. While reading and exchanging each other's Tweets, some classmates became close friends. The first is an example of the project's ____ function, the second is an example of the project's _____ function.

manifest; latent

Sociologists who analyze how behavior depends on the ways that people define themselves and others are most likely ________.

symbolic interactionists

According to Max Weber, ________ means "to grasp by insight" and to have an understanding of the feelings and motivations of people being studied.

verstehen

Which theorist claimed that people rise to their proper level in society based solely on personal merit?

Émile Durkheim