Intro to Sociology

Who is considered the found father of Sociology?

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

• Herbert Spencer

• Max Weber

The study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services is known as (a)  

Match the following

• psychology

• the social science that studies the people and events of the past

• political science

• the analysis of the choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants

• economics

• the study of past and present cultures

• history

• the examination of the principles, organization, and operation of government

• anthropology

• the study of individual human behavior and mental processes

The disciplines that study human social behavior or institutions and functions of human society in a scientific manner

• biology

• social science

• physical science

• earth science

the social science that studies human society and social behavior and focuses primarily on how groups of people interact is (a)  

Sociologists are interested in learning about ___________ or how people relate to one another and influence each other's behavior

• social interaction

• the human brain

• the physical environment

• economics

When researching social interaction, sociologists focus on the group rather than the individual by examining

• social phenomena or comparing past and present cultures

• social phenomena or the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

• social phenomena or observable facts or events that involve human society

• social phenomena or the study of past events

the ability to see the connection between the larger world and your personal life is known as

• sociological perspective

• social phenomena

• sociological imagination

• sociology

a worldwide view that involves looking at social life in a scientific and systematic way

• sociological imagination

• sociological perspective

• social phenomena

• social interaction

____ is most interested in group behavior in complex, or more advanced society

• anthropology

• sociology