Sociology - Unit 1 Practice Test

What is Sociology?

• The human who studies scientific systems

• The science of how chemicals interact with each other

• The systematic study of human society

• The study of ancient societies and history

Why do Sociologists study human interactions?

• To solve problems in society

• To help us find balance between desires and demands

• To understand the world in new and different ways

• All of the Above

__________ is the ability to see the connection between the larger world and your own personal life.

• Marxism

• Sociology

• Sociological Imagination

• Functionalist Perspective

__________ is a group of people who share a culture and a territory.

• Sociologist

• Country

• Society

• Social Science

Sociologists look for __________ in people rather than _________.

• Patterns; individual actions

• Social status; money earned

• Good things; bad things

• Individual actions; patterns

Your __________ is a way of classing yourself by race, social class, gender, etc.

• Max Weber

• Social location

• Self portrait

• Sociological immagination

Who is the "Founder of Sociology"?

• Max Weber

• James Rossetti

• Karl Marx

• Auguste Comte

Comte believed that social ________ held society together, and social _________ helped society change through defined processes.

• Media; Society

• Behaviors; Behaviors

• Statics; Dynamics

• Status; Change

Herbert Spencer was heavily influenced by __________________.

• Adolf Hitler

• James Rossetti

• Max Weber

• Charles Darwin

Spencer's Social Darwinism said that only the ____________ of society would survive over time.

• Best aspects

• Worst features

• Unifying factors

• Wealthy