Sociology Intro

__________ is the study of society and human behavior.

• Natural science

• Science

• Psychology

• Sociology

The social science closely related to sociology, which traditionally focuses on tribal peoples, is __________.

• economics

• political science

• psychology

• anthropology

__________ focuses on politics and government.

• Political science

• Anthropology

• Psychology

• Economics

Judy is a Ph.D. candidate currently studying divorce rates in Western Europe. She is likely a sociologist rather than an anthropologist because __________.

• sociologists must have an advanced degree

• “anthropologist” is just the outdated term for “sociologist”

• she is focusing mainly on industrialized and postindustrialized societies

• she is focusing mainly on primitive societies

Auguste Comte is credited as being the founder of __________.

• sociology

• economics

• modern science

• political science

Using __________, Comte applied the scientific method to the social world.

• negativism

• positivism

• natural science

• anthropology

The __________ uses objective, systematic observations to test theories.

• naturalistic method

• commonsense method

• scientific method

• research-free technique

The phrase “survival of the fittest” was coined by __________.

• Charles Darwin

• Herbert Spencer

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

The __________, according to Marx, were the workers who were oppressed by those who owned the means of production.

• capitalists

• communists

• proletariat

• fascists

What does the German word Verstehen mean?

• To explain

• To investigate

• To understand

• To reject