Unit 1 Sociology Introductions

Who is this? Hint: he spoke of class conflict based on economic realities.

• Max Weber

• Emile Durkheim

• Karl Marx

• Auguste Comte

Who was the founder of Sociology, as a social science?

• Max Weber

• Emile Durkheim

• Karl Marx

• Auguste Comte

Which of these are social sciences?

• Physics

• Anthropology

• Financial Literacy

• Political Science

Sociologists look for this.

• Common sense

• Patterns

• primary and secondary sources

• confirmation of assumption validity

The sociological perspective is found through what?

• seeing general principles in particular things

• seeing what is implied, not observed

• seeing the role played by luck or emotion

• seeing what is strange in familiar things

Seeing where you fit, within groups and society in general, is called what?

• social role

• social class

• social location

• culture

If one does research by asking people a set of questions that are written down it's a(n)

• interview

• poll

• questionnaire

• document

Sociology is the study of

• the mind and behavior

• primitive man and its society

• social behavior and society

• economic life and decision making

The scientific method, as used in Sociological Research, always should begin with what?

• asking a research question, or identifying a problem

• designing a research plan

• analyzing data already gathered by you

• developing a theory

• writing your hypothesis

The research method used by the main character in the movie, "Black Like Me" was

• case study

• experiment

• questionaires

• observation

• documents