Sociology Ch.1

The social science discipline that concentrates on the study of artifacts, social structure, ideas, values, and forms of communication is

Anthropology

The first person to propose that the scientific method could be applied to the study of social life was

Auguste Comte

Of the following, which discipline is most appropriately classified as a natural science?

Biology

The titles Karl Marx used to describe the two classes in society were the ________ and the ________.

Bourgeoisie, Proletariat

The sociologist responsible for suggesting the connection between history and biography to explain the sociological imagination was

C Wright Mills

According to Max Weber, the Protestant ethic was a central factor in the birth of ________.

Capitalism

Karl Marx suggested that the force that drives human history and is at the core of human society is

Class Conflict

Karl Marx believed that ________ was the central force for social change, while Max Weber believed that ________ was the force most responsible for social change.

Economics, religion

The first goal of each scientific discipline is to

Explain why something happens

Which of the following elements did C. Wright Mills attribute as being the one that sociologists would use to explain individual behavior?

External Influences

The term "survival of the fittest," which is a principle part of the concept of social Darwinism, was coined by

Herbert Spencer

The theorist who is sometimes referred to as "the second founder of sociology" was

Herbert Spencer

Because of her outstanding contributions to social reform, as demonstrated in her work as co-founder of Hull-House, ________ was a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.

Jane Addams

The social thinker of the 19th century who predicted that there would be a classless society once the working class united and began a revolution was

Karl Marx

The Wall Street Journal has declared that the three greatest modern thinkers were ________, ________, and ________.

Karl Marx, Sigmund, Freud, Albert Einstein

Max Weber referred to the self-denying approach to life characterized by people living frugal lives and saving their money as the ________.

Protestant

The scientific method requires ________, repeating a study in order to compare the new research results with the original findings.

Replication

What is the use of objective and systematic observation to test theories, one that is often employed by sociologists?

Scientific Method

What distinction did sociologist Frances Perkins hold in American history?

She was the first woman to hold a presidential cabinet position.

The notion that only the fittest members of society deserve to survive and that social programs to help the poor will ultimately weaken the social order is a doctrine known as

Social Darwinism

Durkheim referred to patterns of behavior that characterize a social group as ________.

Social Facts

The French sociologist Emile Durkheim is most identified with which of the following areas of study?

Social Integration

When sociologists' group people into categories based on their age, gender, educational level, job, and income, they are trying to determine

Social Location

The sociological perspective emphasizes how the social context influences people's lives, particularly how people are influenced by

Society

Sociology first took root as an academic discipline at _______ in 1890.

The University of Kansas

The concept that describes opening a window into unfamiliar worlds that allows us to understand human behavior by placing it within its broader social context is called

The sociological perspective

The university that dominated sociology as an academic discipline when Albion Small headed the department was ________.

The university of Chicago

What did Robert E. Park, Ernest Burgess, and George Herbert Mead have in common?

They were among the first faculty members in the sociology department at the University of Chicago

What quality did Max Weber stress as being the hallmark of social research?

Value Neutrality

The first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University, who spent his lifetime studying race relations in America and was one of the founders of the NAACP, was ________.

W.E.B. Du Bois

What was the social event that most influenced Auguste Comte to explore patterns within society and become interested in what holds society together?

the French Revolution

The book published by W. E. B. Du Bois in 1899 that analyzed how African Americans in a major United States city coped with racism was ________.

the Philadelphia negro

Max Weber used the term Verstehen to mean ________.

to grasp by insight